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TOE  • 


*EUROPE^  STRANGER 


AMERICA.. 


BY  JOHN  EYRE. 

2 


-i— "MuyhtdaMMtetiv*,  udetiMM  |«T«Mwotkto  ftnngtn,   Thui 
*1  fMMd  IkMi — to  Mm«art  Umhi  fw  •  Uttto  tt»)~->tlMa,  1  Unit,  Xktj  twuA 
bttNd  •  emnfiMrttr  la  hMvan." 


NEW  TORK: 
•OLD  AT  rOUOMV^BOOK  ITOKI,  40  ?OI.TOII.m£IT. 

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Tho  following  work  wu  originally  intondod  as  a  c.ntinuatioa  of 
.'  The  Chriatian  Sp«ciator-Two  yeara  in  Ohio,  Ac,"  but  the  writer 
being  under  tho  neceaaily  of  travelling  to  dispose  of  hia  own  public*- 
tiona,  baa  thought  proper  to  publi.h  it  aa  a  separate  work.  For, 
under  auch  circumstances,  a  large  work  would  be  too  burdenaome  to 
carry,  ai-d  in  many  instances  too  expensive  for  some  people  who  could 
pmehaae  one  in  a  amaller  aiie.  Hence  he  has  been  under  an  oblma- 
iion  to  give  it  a  different  title,  that  ho  may  aell  the  two  ^.h«r  separately 
or  both  bound  together,  aa  may  suit  the  ability  or  pleasure  of  the  reader. 
The  work  containa  a  aeries  of  circumstances  and  reflections,  written 
on  a  journey  through  the  State  of  New  York  during  the  apace  of  about 

four  yewrt.  _, 

■      But  auch  a  work  haa.  been  encountered  only  by  many  difficultie». 
For,  Firat,  to  write  a  work  on  travel  without  anjr  dwellmg  place,  must 
require  much  care-it  muat  be  ei'ecuted  under  many  inconTeniencea, 
rwuii^^  many  ailtinga  and  great  perseverance.     Secondly  :  th-  number 
of  booka  already  in  circulation,  and  the  thousand,  of  periodicals  teeming 
ftom.the  pK^aa  weekly,  make  it  difficult  for  a  por«)n  to  aell  a  wf- 
Aciont  number  Jo  pay  him  for  hia  labor.     Many  have  laid.     We 
hfve  no  money  ;•>   ^nd  others  have  been  so  pestered  with  paPf«J^ 
they  have  not  had  patience  to  be  spoken  to  on  th.'  subject.    Thirdly : 
the  unprincipled  practice  of  many  who  print  other  men's  woika,  get 
rtbacribera  at  one,  two  or  three  dollar,  per  volume,  and  afterwards^ 
them  at  auction  at  one-ihird  or  fourth  part  of  the  original  price.    De- 
eeptiona  of  thi.  kind  by  m«.y  people,  have  not  only  given  much  d.e- 
•atiafMUon,bui  have  probably,  and  very  j-i.tly,  extorted  the  expression, 
"There  iatoo  much  speculation:"  and  at  the  same  time,  by  such  . 
dishonorable  way  of  trading,  they  have  greatly  injured  people  who 
want  a  moderate  remu,  oration  for  their  labor^   But  there  ,.  no  g  eat 
.peculation  in  a  per«.n's  writing  and  sellin^f  own  works.    This  «  a 
work  of  too  much  labor  for  most  writers.    In  all  auch  matance.  if  the 
work  is  good,  tho  laborer  is  worthy  of  his  hire. 


i? 


PUTACB. 


Lutly,  let  U  be  ob»e»T«l,  («mid.t  ih«  thoufwda  of  book*  tlretdjr 
puMiihed,)  that  .very  work  which  eonttini  the  truth,  is  ttiU  »nd  will 
alwtyi  bo  nieful.  New  worki  are  wmted  to  put  into  the  hende  of  peo- 
pie  iMtewl  Of  old  onee-fo  engege  the  ttt.ntion  of  unemployed  indu 
Tiduele  who  w»nt  them,  or  eomo  othcrt  for  wnasoment :  .nd,  ei  the 
w!t  of  the  tiMh,  they  .re  neceeiery  to  counteract  the  influence  of 
intny  others,  printed  only  to  do  eyil. 
New  York,  September  ai,  1839.     % 


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ruth,  ia  itill  tnil  will 
nto  thahandaofpeo- 
of  unemployed  indU 
soment :  tnd,  ai  the 
wet  the  influence  ot 


TBI 


EUROPEAN  STRANGER  IN  AMERICA. 


The  ditpetualiotu  of  Providenee  towards  individual*  diver. 

gified. Tht  Publisher's  obligation  to  navel,  avt/i  departure 

from  Oluo. — Arrival,  and  prints  a  work  at  Buffalo. — Re- 
sides at through  the  winter.-— To  do  good  amidst 

the  different  professions,  sects,  foims  of  worship,  ^e.,  re- 
quires  more  than  mortal  power. — BuA  the  cilixeiCs  and 
stranger's  call  are  different. 

Lb  -Roy,  March  7, 1887. 
The  dUpentations  of  Providence  towards  individuals  of 
the  human  ftimily  are.  in  some  respects,  as  various  as  men 
are  numerous.  Hence  we  see  some  men  located  to  one  spot 
while  others  are  called  to  swi  from  port  to  port,  or  from  an. 
tion  to  nation.  The  European  leaves  his  native  country  to 
sojourn  in  a  strange  land— the  New  England  citizen  sells  off 
and  emigrates  to  a  western  territory— tlie  tnechaaic  is  em- 
ployed  in  the  curious  arU  of  brass  and  other  metals— the 
machinist  is  endowed  with  a  talent  of  invention  for  iranspor- 
tation ;  and  while  the  husbandman  is  cultivating  his  farm, 
and  some  men  have  their  hands  full  of  earthly  blessings, 
others  are  obliged  to  travel  by  land  or  by  water  to  procure, 
day  by  day,  the  necessaries  of  life. 

Being  under  what  I  call  a  providential  necessity  to  do 
something,  in  April,  1835,  I  left  the  western  part  of  the 
countrv  to  travel  to  the  east.  In  a  short  time  1  arrived  at 
Cleveland;  and  finding  soma  difficulty  in  getting  my  trunk 
sent  after  me,  I  was  tempted  to  hazard  my  life  on  the  lake  at 
that  early  period ;  a  period  not  only  when  the  lake  waij 
rough  and  the  weather  stormy,  but  before  the  large  boats  had 
begun  to  run-but  after  an  unpleasant  iourney.  by  the  bless- 
ing of  God,  I  arrived  in  safety  at  Erie.  This  was  a  hundred 
miles,  and  half  way  to  Buffal.. ;  and  there  being  no  passage 
any  further  for  the  ice,  I  set  forward  byHand.  I  *««  g'«<lto 
set  my  feet  on  shore  in  safety ;  and  bles^d  be  God  that  the 
boisterous  winds  did  not  send  me  further  adrift  on  the  mighty 


D  TIOK  OHIO 

waten.  nor  ih«  devouring  wares  bury  me  in  th«ir  unfaihom. 
able  denlhi.  as  in  the  boltom  of  the  aea.  ,       •  . 

After  arriving  at  BufTalo.  I  hai.ten«l  to  get  the  work  print- 
•d  I  had  been  improving  during  the  winter.     And  aAcr  get. 
Jn«  thaTcomplo  J.  I  canvowed  .he  country  .n  my  way  1. 1. 
S,  fummer.  /arrived  at  Newark,    At  th..  placj  I  wrote  to 
Ohio  for  my  thing.;  and  remained  the«  and  about  the 
noiBhborhood  during  the  next  winter.     I  wm  at  th«  plaoe 
whSnVhe  deep  .now^ell.  about  January  8.    836.  and  where 
my  lb  n«  remained  till  aboiU  November.  1887   I  removed 
"  Syr^c^U.     How  life,  aa  well  aa  the  ««-cn, .»  d.v.d«d  into 
diSt  stage. !  and  what  a  variety  of  scene,  and  trouble., 
JnknTwnKe  morning  of  our  d^y- •••"/•»«''  '°  P*f 
throuah!     Some  have  almost  an  uncloodwJ  day  of  prospe- 
rity,  but  other,  almost  an  uninterrupted  tram  of  advonitie. 
.n^  affliction. !     Some  are  confined  to  one  .pot  or  village, 
while  other,  are  called  to  traverw  a  great  part  of  the  ^loba 
luhouV  a.ny  stationary  place  of  aboJe.    Some  have  nche. 
bitauinot  enjoy  them,  and  other,  have  poverty,  misfortune, 
and  afflictions,  which  prevent  them  ealmg  with  pleasure. 

Heoce  1  remained  at  Newark  the  first  wmter  after  Iwiving 
Ohk-Twd  it  wa.  probaWy  on  May  17,  (1836)  when  I  left 
that  village  to  take  my  summer's  journey  :  on  which  eicur- 
«on  I  wa.  gone  about  wventeen  or  eighteen  week..     And, 
traly.had  I  !trength-had  I  al«)  a  heart  diiposed  and  a  mind 
capable  of  it,  I  have  had  many  opportunilie.  of  -poakmg  a 
word,  and  leaving  some  mark  of  devotion  in  many  a  solitary 
olace.     But,  alw!  I   have  not  sufficient  grace  to  make 
.'  JeauB  all  the  day  long  my  joy  and  my  song ;     I  have  not 
strenath  and  paticnue  to  endure  the  toils  and  labors  of  my 
ImZm-nt  ^My  strength  i.  exhausted  in  trying  to  procure 
the  common  comforts  of  life— in  creeping  aU)ng  through  the 
dav.  and  finding  a  recess  when  the  shadows  encircle  me. 
Mereiful  God,  awist  me!    Hast  thou  not  promised  every 
thing  that  is  neceswry  for  my  wants  ?    Didst  thou  not  mer- 
cifuHy  deliver  thy  people  from  opprewion  in  the  land  oj 
E«»vDt  t    And  dost  thou  not  set  apart  the  man  that  is  godly 
for  thvMlf  1    Hast  thou  not  promised  that  the  ineek  shall  in. 
herit  the  earth,  and  that  their  bread  and  water  shall  be  given 
them  equally  as  well  as  if  tbey  were  ever  so  solicitous  or 
anxiously  cweful  T    O.  be  mindful  of  thy  promise,  and  save 
me  from  oppression,  anxiety  and  want !    Blessed  be  thy  My 
name  for  post  mercies,  and  for  thy  word  of  promise  for  future 
blessings,  and  let  alUhe  nations  say— Amen. 

Hot  to  do  good  in  this  ngc  of  profession,  wants  not  only 
strength  and  patienco,  but  more  than  the  wisdom  of  Solomon, 


n  their  unfalhonw 

»t  tha  work  print* 
r.    And  aAor  get. 
ry  in  my  way  till, 
I  place  I  wrote  to 
re  and  about  the 
waa  at  thia  plaoe 
,  1836,  and  where 
,  1887,  I  removed 
Rcn.is  dividod  into 
ienea  and  trouble«t 
are  called  to  paw 
led  day  of  prospe- 
rain  of  advorsitiee 
no  spot  or  village, 
t  part  of  the  ^lob» 
Some  hare  nchee 
overty,  misfortune* 
;  with  pleasure, 
winter  aAer  Isavins 
(1836)  when  I  left 
' :  on  which  eicur- 
iteen  weeks.     And» 
lijposed  and  a  mind 
liliM  of  speaking  a 
I  in  many  a  solitary 
3nt  grace  to  make 
I  song ;"  I  have  not 
Is  and  labors  of  my 
in  trying  to  procure 
g  ak>ng  through  the 
adows  encircle  me. 
lot  promised  every 
Didst  thou  not  mer. 
•ion   in  the  land  of 
lie  man  that  is  godly 
At  the  meek  shall  in. 
water  shall  be  given 
ever  so  solicitous  or 
hy  promise,  and  save 
Blessed  be  thy  hqly 
of  promise  for  future 
tmen. 

«ion,  wants  not  only 
e  wisdom  of  SolomoB^ 


TO  «1W  TOIL  ' 

to  diiCOVOT  #here  religion  is  enjoyed  and  where  »»  «■  «><J  5 
and  when  ihi.  di«;overy  is  made,  .t  wanu  more  than  the 
nower  of  mortal  man  to  arouse  sinners  and  formalists  out  of 
C  sium^r.  and  .tup.ditv !     What  «  the  stale  of  jrour 
mind,  reader  T     Stand  still  for  a  moment  and  consider-on- 
quire  and  examine  thyself  whether  thou  art  not  dead  m  t«s- 
luscs  and  sins.  Look  to  thyself,  prof.s«)r.  and  ask.  whether 
K^hast  not  a  name  to  live  while  thou  art  dead  f    Do  yoi^ 
eniov  a  knowledge  of  salvation  by  the  remuuiion  of  your  sms  T 
HTviyou^he  futl  assurance  of  faith  so  that  Chr..t  »  formed 
within  you  T     The  number  of  professors  nnd  members  of 
different  churches  who  sit  in  time  of  prayer  in  public  wor- 
ship, and  other,  who  neglect  to  bow  their  knee.  «l  r-^uP 
ana  going  to  bed,  or  with  their  head  at  family  devolion-and 
the  different  mode,  of  worship  by  so  many  denomination, 
nnd  oeoole.  who  say  thi#  is  a  free  country,  and  every  man 
ma^yTwhat  hTbas'L  mind  to,  makes  it  difficult  to  tell  where 
piety  i.  to  be  found  and  where  it  is  not.     But  can  any  people 
be  pious  or  devoutly  engaged  in  religious  wrvice.  who  refuse 
To  kCl  before  tho'Lord  their  Maker?     Here,  Pfrhaps.  «  • 
"^  man  who  attends  to  family  devoUon,  and  his  wife  and  some 
of  hi.  household  make  th«  same  pretensions  to  experimentol 
religion,  and  yet  they  sit  at  ea«,  a.  if  thoy  were  unconcerned 
in  t?e  matter:     And  considering  the  number  who  pretend  to 
kelp  Saturday  night  a.  part  of  5ie  Sabbath  and  begin  to  knit 
or  Jew  as  soon  as  th.  sun  is  down  on  Sunday- 4ho  sect  who 
p  etend  to  keep  the  seventh  day  (Saturday)  as  the  prow^r 
5Ly  for  the  Sabbath^ho  Society  of  Friend.,  who  can  di.. 
penM  with  preaching,  baptism,  and  ll»e  «»<i™'°?n»-r^« 
berfectionists,  vho  say  that  they  have  found  christian  liberty, 

E^n  pray  3wliy.  •"<»  «"^  °°'  "»''"  '•¥«''^°"  '°  ""^  ^1^^ 
or  private  actt  of  devotion  whatever— the  new  measure  men, 

who  declare  that  a  change  of  purpose  is  conversion  and  re- 

Beneration— the  Shakers,  who  make  dancing  a  part  of  their 

Sublic  devotion-and  ihe  Universalists,  to  mention  no  more, 

who  sav  that  there  is  no  place  of  future  punishmenl,  which 

rivSs"npri?cipled  men  boldne«  to  work  [n  the  fields  on  the 

KaUi.  Md  yet  pretend  that  they  are  of  a  religious  order 

as  well  u  other  people-auch  a  promiscuou.  mixture  of  good 

"rev"l  would  iy.i.  rather  contWng  to  many  «»nou. 

Saracte™,  and  equally  difficult  to  other,  to  know  how  to  dis- 

Snguish  between  the  preciou.  and  the  vile.    Oppositwn  and 

diversity,  in  some  insunces.  arise  from  the  present  disor- 

dered  Jate  of  things,  and  in  themselye.  are  evil ,  m  wme 

oUier.  they  are  from  God,  and,  under  hu  wu»  control,  are  at- 

tended  with  good.    In  some  inrtance^  opposiuon  ari««  from 


§  vtoM  onto  . 

the  wicked  purpoeee  of  deaiRning  men  ;  in  somo  othc«,  it  ifl 
occMioned  rrom  that  diveniity  in  the  HiapensationsofPro*!. 
dence,  which  rendere  it  impowible  for  ovory  man  lo  aee 
alike.     When  oppowrd  to  good,  abatraciiy  conaulflred,  in 
every  inatance  it  la  ainftil ;  but  when  it  ariaea  from  the  dif. 
ferent  temperature  of  the  minda  of  men,  and  not  from  the 
perverafln.-a«  of  their  wilia.  it  ia  frequentiv  good  in  carrying 
on  the  demgns  of  the  gmce  and  morcy  of  Ood.     Thua  it  wm 
that  the  xeal  of  Peter  might  be  an  etsitement  to  aome  of  the 
real,  and  the  calmncaa  of  John  might     wrect  the  haaty  zeal 
of  the  former.     Luiher'a  leal  was  wanted  in  the  reformation, 
ond  ao  waa  Mclancton'a  calmiieaa  to  heal  the  wounde  of 
an  intemperate  zeal.     Whilefield  probably  aet  Wealey  an 
example,  and  led  him  into  the  field,  but  the  caution,  forbear- 
anco  and  ateadine»a  of  the  laitor,  waa  a  Inciting  lecture  to  the 
former.     It  ia  by  a  wiae  and  gracioua  '  ppoaition  that  erro. 
neoua  doctrinea  are  delected,  and  unbwyming  pract-cca  aro 

reatfained.  ,     ,      •       .     _.        t 

Hence  the  doctrine  of  unconditional  election  to  eternal 
life,  and  finiahed  damnation  from  the  pulpit  ia  not  heard 
of—the  wild  acreaming  zeal  of  the  young  enthuaiost,  and  ihe 
roaring  noiae  of  the  ranter  ia  reatrainfid  by  the  warm  yet  con- 
aiaient  leal  of  the  Father-in  Chriat  Jeaua— and  Ihe  droway 
lukewarm  formaliat  is  excited  to  love  and  good  worka  by  the 
Bucceaaful  exertions  of  othera.     In  England,  when  people 
went  into  the  sanctuary  of  ihe  Lord,  it  waa  customary  for 
them  to  kneel  down  and  uae  a  abort  but  silent  prayer,  but 
many  people  of  the  aarr*  denomination  in  this  country  make 
no  practice  of  auch  a  duty,  and  many  seata  are  so  constructed 
that  others  are  prohibited  for  want  of  room.     Gracious  ^od, 
tench  me  what  is  essential  to  know  how  to  act  in  different 
places,  and  how  to  live  among  all  kinds  of  people  ;  how  to 
behave  mysolf  in  th^  sanctury,  ond  how  to  live  as  I  should 
do  when  abroad  in  the  world.  Give  me  that  aelf-govornment 
which  aWill  keep  mo  from  going  beyond  my  strength  in  one 
*  thing  as  to  neglect  others.     And  so  assist  me  by  thy  Holy 
Spirit,  that  while  I  converse  with  my  fellow  creatures,  my 
conduct  may  teach  them  thy  precepts,  and  my  words,  sea- 
Boned  with  grace,  drop  as  precious  seed  into  their  hearts, 
which  shall  bring  forth  fruit  to  perfection. 

To  labor  to  a  good  purpose  requires  both  wiwom  and 
•trength,  and  to  do  a  perfect  work  requires  a  perfect  hand  ; 
but  I  have  uol  strength  like  other  m<»n,  and  such  are  my  in- 
firmities ihat  no  man  knows  my  errors.  My  health  is  not 
good  :  ond  I  am  often  led  to  reflect  on  my  peculiar  situation. 
I  suppose  it  i»  —  years  ago  since  a  fever  so  affected  my  sio- 


iomo  others,  it  k 
sationa  of  ProvU 
ory  man  lo  •«• 
f  coniidored,  in 
tot  from  the  diA 
nd  not  from  tho 
[ood  in  carrying 
ixi.  Thu«  it  wu 
t>t  to  •ome  of  the 
Bt  the  haaiy  zeal 
I  the  reformationi 
I  the  wounds  of 
r  set  We»ley  an 
caution,  forbear- 
ing lecture  to  the 
osition  that  erro. 
ling  practices  are 

lection  to  eternal 
ilpit  is  not  heard 
nthusia-st,  and  the 
he  warm  yet  con- 
— and  the  drowsy 
lood  works  by  the 
ind,  when  people 
M  customary  for 
silerit  prayer,  but 
this  country  make 
are  so  constructed 
.     Gracious  God, 
to  act  in  different 
f  people  ;  how  to 
to  live  ns  I  should 
at  self-government 
ny  strength  in  one 
It  me  by  thy  Holy 
low  creatures,  my 
id  my  words,  sea. 
into  their  hearts, 

both  wisdom  and 

js  a  perfect  hand  ; 

id  such  are  my  in« 

My  health  is  not 

peculiar  situation. 
BO  affected  my  sto« 


TO  NIW  TOIK.  w 

imch,  and  at  length  so  debiliuted  my  whole  sjrstem,  that  I 
have  not  had  a  day's  heaUli  from  that  time.     It  is  true  I  have 
greatly  outgrown  il,  and  I  am  tolerably  well  in  my  way. 
The  (ever  that  settled  upon  me,  continued  to  burn  both  day 
and  night  for  months  and  years,  till,  in  a  measure,  it  burnt 
out ;  but  it  has  enfeebled  my  frame,  and  deprived  me  of 
strength  like  other  men.     Hence  I  em  like  an  invalid.  deaU- 
tute  of  a  nome  and  separate  from  oil  company.     1  travel  into 
the  woods  and  country,  and  have  my  lodging  arwong  stran- 
gers.    It  is  true  that  many  people  in  this  country  are  much 
more  kind  and  friendly  to  foreigners  than  they  are  in  Eng- 
land ;  but  to  have  ao  stationary  place  in  my  alfliction— no 
regular  place  irt  lay  my  head  at  night  or  rest  at  noon,  is  not 
oleasant.     O,  my  Saviour,  give  me  thy  yoke,  which  is  easy. 
and  thy  burden,  which  is  light.     Pardon  my  remissness  in 
time  past  and  enable  me  now  to  live.     Help  me  lo  gird  up 
the  loins  of  my  mind,  and  hope  ualo  the  end— to  arise  out  of 
the  dust,  and  go  forward  without  a  murmur  and  without 
complaint.   Empower  me  to  teach  some  to  walk  in  a  perfect 
way,  and  to  say  to  others,  "  Be  ye  followers  of  me  as  I  fol- 
low Christ."    Is  the  Lord's  hand  shortened  that  it  cannot 
Mve,  or  His  ear  heavy  that  it  cannot  Kear  T    U  there  ariy 
thing  too  hard  for  the  Lord— any  thing  impossible  with  Ood  T 
Cannot  the  Lord  do  a  great  work  io  a  little  time  t    He  can. 
I  will  therefore  say, 

"  Open  my  f»ith'«  interior  ste  ; 

Diap'.vv  thy  glory  from  kboTS ; 
And  sU  i  kin  shall  link  and  die, 

Lost  in  aaUmiatiment  and  love. 


ttee  I 


Confound,  o'er  power  me  by  thy  gi 

I  would  be  by  myielf  abborr'd ; 
All  might,  all  majesty,  ell  praiM, 

All  glory  be  lo  Cbriat  my  Lord ! 

Now  let  me  gain  perfeclion'a  height ; 

Now  let  roe  into  notbinf  fall ; 
Aa  leas  than  nottiing  in  thy  sight, 

Aad  feel  that  Chnst  ia  all  in  all ." 

But  have  I  not  been  erroneous  ia  my  reflections  7  It  ia 
sometimes  said,  "Every  man  to  hia  trade;''  and  hence 
is  it  not  absurd  to  suppose  that  1  can  do  the  work  of  ao, 
evangelist,  or  that  I  have  the  responsibility  of  a  citizen  ?  Is 
not  this  mistaking  my  providential  call  ?  I  am  a  stranger  m 
the  strictest  sense  of  the  word.  First,  by  being  a  foreigner 
in  the  country,  and.  Secondly,  by  being  perpetuailv  on  a 
journey  from  place  to  place.    And  is  there  not  a  difference 


10 


FROM  OHIO 


between  ihe  call  and  duty  of  a  citizen  and  that  of  a  stranger  ? 
"I  waa  a  stranger,"  said  our  Lord,  "and  ye  look  mo  not 
in  ;"  but  did  He  charge  the  poor,  harmless  stranger  with  no- 
Blest  for  no',  taking  the  citizen  in  T   The  citizen  is  blest  with 
a  local  situation,  the  stranger  has  no  place  of  his  own.     The 
former  has  nroperty  or  a  permanent  home ;  he  is  a  man  of 
influence,  aiid  has  children,  servants  or  workmen  under  him, 
but  the  latter  has  no  name  in  the  streets— no  hiding  place 
from  the  storm— no  power  to  defend  himself— his  word  is 
not  heard.  We  may  make  a  contrast  between  them  by  com- 
paring fhem  to  two  men  coming  over  the  ocean  as  tho  cap. 
tain  and  mate ;  supposhig  the  former  to  keep  his  standing 
and  the  other  to  have  fallen  overboard.     Hence  the  captain 
has  a  permanent  standing— can  look  out  for  the  storm— he 
can  give  timely  directions  to  his  men  on  its  approach— walk 
the  deck  for  the  sake  of  contemplation— retire  into  a  corner 
and  pray  to  Him  who  commandeth  :ho  winds  and  the  sea  to 
.  obey  his  voice ;  but  the  mate,  poor  fellow,  is  exposed  to 
the  violence  of  the  waves,  where  the  mpst  be  can  do  is  to 
keeii  his  head  above  water.    Such  is  bis  situation  that  he  naa 
no  time  like  the  other  for  reading,  contemplation  or  prayer, 
but  like  Lazarus  at  the  gata,  while  the  rich  man  fares  sump, 
tuously  every  day,  he  is  obliged  to  submit  to  the  buuibUng 
dispensation  of  Providence  for  a  few  fragments  to  keep  him 
alive.    Under  such  oppressive  afflictions.  Job,  the  perfect 
man,  lost  his  patience,  and  uttered  things  that  he  understood 
not.     And  it  is  not  surprising  if  the  stranger  through  'vean- 
ness  should  grow  peevish  and  incur  the  displeasure  of  the 
uncharitable,  by  not  shewing  himself  proof  against  all  that 
may  assail  hiro.    Contrasiiug,  therefore,  the  difference  be- 
tween  the  citizen  and  the  stranger,  and  the  respective  spheres 
oS  action  which  thby  are  called  to  m  ve  in,  we  may  conclude 
by  saying,  that  while  the  citizen  is  authorised  and  capacita- 
ted to  govern  others,  the  perfection  of  the  latter  consists  in 
patiently  enduring  under  his  difficulties  wnd  governing  him. 
self. 


The  following  lines,  written  (according  to  report)  by  a 
young  lady  in  England,  who  was  turned  out  of  nome  for 
embracing  religion,  1  give  to  the  reader  :  ^    ' 


M. 


hat  of  a  stranger? 
ye  took  mo  not 
I  stranger  with  ne- 
jitizen  ia  blest  with 
of  his  own.     The 
e ;  he  is  a  man  of 
rkmen  under  him, 
—no  hiding  place 
nself— his  word  is 
veen  them  by  com- 
ocean  us  the  cap* 
keep  his  standing 
(lence  the  captain 
for  the  storm — ho 
its  approach— waik 
retire  into  a  corner 
inds  and  the  sea  to 
llow,  is  exposed  to 
rat  be  can  do  is  to 
situation  that  be  lias 
mplationor  prayer, 
ch  man  fares  sump* 
nit  to  the  bubibling 
gmenlB  to  keep  hint 
ns,  Job,  the  perfect 
s  that  he  understood 
inger  through  "veari- 
e  displeasure  of  the 
roof  against  all  that 
i,  the  difference  be« 
he  respective  spheres 
in,  we  may  conclude 
torised  and  cap&i^ita- 
the  latter  consisU  ia 
and  governing  him* 


TO  NFW  TOBX. 

"  Jein8, 1  my  croM  htvt  Uken, 

AH  to  leave  and  follow  thee  ; 
Naked,  poor,  despised,  forsaken, 

Thou  from  hence  my  all  shalt  b«. 
Perish  every  fond  smbition, 

All  I've  sought,  or  hop'd,  or  known ; 
Yet  how  rich  is  my  condition, 

God  uhI  heaf 'n  ue  all  my  own. 

Let  the  world  despise  and  leave  me— 

They  have  left  my  Saviour  too; 
Human  hopea  and  looks  deceive  me, 

Thou  art  not  like  them,  untrue  I 
And  while  Thou  shalt  smilo  upon  me, 

God  of  wisdom,  power  and  might. 
Friends  may  hate  and  foes  may  acorn  me. 

Show  thy  face  and  all  ia  right. 

Go  then,  earthly  fame  and  treasure, 

Come,  disaster,  shame  and  pain, 
In  thy  service  pain  is  pleasure. 

With  thy  favor  loss  is  gain. 
I  have  cali'd  Thee,  Abba  Father, 

I  have  set  my  heart  on  thee  ; 
Storms  may  howl  and  clouds  may  gather— 

All  must  work  for  good  to  me. 

Man  may  trouble  and  distress  me, 

'Twill  but  dri<re  me  to  thy  breast-^ 
Life  with  sorrows  hard  oppress  me. 

Heaven  sLJI  bring  me  sweeter  rest. 
Ob !  'tis  not  in  grief  to  harm  me 

While  thy  love  is  left  to  me  ; 
O,  'twere  not  in  joy  to  charm  me, 

Were  that  joy  unmiz'd  with  thee. 

Soul,  then  know  thy  sreat  aalvalion, 

Rise  o'er  ain,  and  fi'ar,  and  care, 
Joy  to  find  in  every  station 

Something  still  to  do  or  bear. 
Think  what  spirit  dwells  within  thee. 

Think  what  heavenly  bliss  is  tbino. 
Think  thy  Saviour  died  to  win  thee — 

Child  of  heaven !  canst  thou  repine  1 


11 


t 

m 


ling  to  report)  by  a 
aed  out  of  home  for 


r : 


Haate  then  on  from  grace  to  glory, 

Arm'd  by  faith  and  wing'd  by  prayer, 
Heaven's  eternal  day  'a  before  thee, 

God's  own  hand  shall  guide  thee  there ; 
Soon  shall  end  thine  earthly  miHsioo, 

Soon  shall  pass  thy  pilgrim  days, 
Hope  shall  change  to  glad  fruition. 

Faith  to  sight,  and  prayer  to  praise. 


OkK 


^  FBOM  OEtO 

No.  U. 

Occasional  jmtrneyt  in  tuMmer,  pkatant,  ^t — DtffieMu 
oflraveUing  in  winter.— UnccrtahUif  oflmmanJnend*h^ 
ixempli/Udin  tkefamilgo/Mr.  *******.-Refleetion;  (J-c. 

An  occanicaol  joiwiwy  to  Bee  a  friend  in  the  summer  in 
pleasant,  but  when  it  ia  perpetuated  for  monthf  t<Mjether  on 
biuineM,  it  becomea  weariaoroe ;  and,  if  1  am  under  an  ob- 
liiiation  to  travel  to  gain  the  comforta  of  life,  the  grand  pomt 
ilfhow  to  accommodate  myaelf  with  ease  and  satiaAction  aa 
if  I  was  at  homo— «aweet  home"— and  how,  aa  a  Chnstiar, 
I  can  enjoy  the  aame  tranquUUty  and  abatrao^dneaa  of  mind 
aa  if  I  were  atationar'  and  aat  in  a  study  of  my  own.    It 
ia  true  my  way  of  traTelling  is  diflferont  to  many  others,  but 
a  graashopper  ia  a  burden  to  some  people.    In  ti»v«Umg 
there  are  aome  pleasures  to  be  enjoyed,  and  some  hardship* 
to  be  endured.    In  such  a  capacity  a  person  may  tee  the 
country  and  different  parts  of  the  world— nature  when 
diMsed  in  all  her  beauty— romantic  and  pleasing  landaoapea 
— «ea«,  lakes,  rifors,  porta,  cities,  and  a  Tariety  of  scenery. 
In  summer,  upon  the  whdss,  it  may  be  tolerable,  but  in  win- 
ter thei«  are  t^wiy  storms,  both  by  sea  and  land. 
Travelling  on  foot  in  winter  is  (grievous ;  and  last  wmter, 

Eiihaps,  was  the  sererest  known  m  this  part  of  the  country 
r  many  years.  This  ha<  been  much  acknowledged.  About 
January  the  8tfc,  (1886)  the  snow  foil  probably  four  or  fiye 
feet  upon  an  average,  and  laid  tiU  ApnI.    This  injured  the 
wheat:  and  com  being  damaged  by  much  rain  in  the  sprtnff, 
provisions  of  aU  kinds  gre*  very  dear.    Arriving  at  the  vd- 
laae  about  that  time,  I  fortunately  went  into  tho  house  of  Mr. 
•Dd  Mrs.  ***••*•,  who  lot  m^  rwnain  -ft  Aw  weeka  during 
the  Btormy  wind  and  tempeat.  Mra.  •****^  behaved  aa  the 
kindeat  of  frienda,  and  seemed  to  poaaesa  both  an  underatond- 
ing  and  aympathy  auited  to  my  wanta.    She  behaved  like  a 
mother  or  a  friend  in  the  time  of  need— a  ai^r  bom  for  ad. v 
Teraily,  or  a  peraon  poaaesaed  of  the  charity  which  aeeketh 
not  its  own  but  a  atranger'a  good.    The  pecuUar  circum- 
atancea  which  die  ^vioudy  paawd  through,  bad  prepared 
her  mind  for  the  reorotion  of  my  book,  and  which  she  read 
apparently  with  cMisideraUe  pleasure. 

For  gri«f,  onmiz'd  with  joy,  h«d  ptined  her  •onl. 

This  publication  led  her  to  respect  me,  and  to  treat  me  wiUi 
kindness.  She  put  confidence  in  me;  spoke  of  me  m  Uie 
kindest  terms,  and  proclaimed  the  gratefiil  sentiments  of  her 


»V1 


TO  Nlir  TOM. 


ti 


4,  ^«.—DiffieuJtie$ 
f  human  Jriendthip 
, — SefleOiona,  4*0. 

1  in  the  summer  is 
monthi  together  oa 

I  am  under  an  ob< 
life,  the  ^nd  point 
I  and  Mtisfiustion  m 
how,  as  a  Christian, 
itraK^edness  of  mind 
idy  of  my  own.    It 

to  many  others,  but 
ople.    In  travelling 

and  some  hardship* 
person  may  see  the 
rorld— nature  when 
I  i^easing  landscapee 
I  variety  of  sceneiy. 
deraUe,  but  in  win* 
and  land. 

HIS ;  and  last  winter, 
apart  of  the  countrj 
dinowledged.  About 

ribl^  four  or  five 
Tlus  injured  the 
ich  rain  in  the  sprinff, 
Arriring  at  the  vu> 
into  the  bouse  of  Mr. 
ia  few  weeks  during 
'****•  behaved  as  the 
IS  both  an  understand- 
She  behaved  like  a 
-Hi  si^r  bom  for  ad- 
;harity  which  seeketh 
rhe  peculiar  circum- 
hrough,  had  prepared 
c,  and  which  she  read 

ned  her  moI. 

If  and  to  treat  me  with 
t;  spoke  of  me  in  the 
lefiil  sentiments  of  her 


heart,  as  if  she  was  not  worthy  — — .  This  kindness  con. 
tinued  for  weeks,  and,  as  a  family,  we  lived  together  in  great 
harmony ;  but,  alas !  charity  graw  cold,  good  will  well  nigh 
hid  herself  from  me,  and  Mrs.  *******,  m  the  character  of 
a  warm  friend,  scarcely  knew  me  any  more.  This  may  be 
tolerably  well  understood,  if  I  can  indite  it  with  sufficient 
clearness  in  the  followios  statement : 

At  the  end  of  four  weeks  we  settled  accounts  for  my  board 
and  for  what  she  had  had  of  me ;  and,  during  that  time,  she 
had  generously  taken  more  things  of  me  than  what  my  board 
came  to ;  and  what  she  took  she  took  honorably,  or  in  a 
manner  that  became  a  friend  indeed :  that  io  to  say,  she  took 
them  at  my  price,  without  trying  to  beat  me  down  below . , 
what  I  could  afibrd  them  at.  How  pleasant  is  such  behavior 
in  a  time  ofdifficulty,  and  how  coRtoling  is  sympathy  in  a  day 
of  adversity !  She  kept  no  account  on  her  part,  but,  as  I  un. 
derstood  her,  leA  all  to  me ;  and  truly,  au  a  family,  we  lived  in 
such  mutual  accordance  as  I  had  scarcely  found  in  the  coun. 
try.  Though  not  united  at  that  time  with  any  religious  so. 
ciety,  yet  they  kept  up  family  devotion.  Mr.  ♦•*♦•*•  and 
sometimes  Mrs.  *******  alternately  ensaged  in  family  prayer. 
I  trust  in  my  turn  I  sympathised  with  them  when  coofafui. 
plating  their  prevbus  trials,  (whether  innocent  or  not  ao)  in 
the  manner  they  had  been  uaed  by  others.  They  were  not 
in  opulent  circumstances,  nor  well  prepared  to  take  in  a 
boarder ;  and,  hence,  afler  settling  accounts  as  above  men. 
tinned,  I  asked  what  I  should  give  them  and  find  my  own 

Iirovisions,  according  to  our  custom  in  England.  Mr.  *•***'** 
eft  it  to  Mrs.  ******* ;  and  shell  according  to  her  wdhted 
kindness,  «iked  me  what  I  would  give  her.  I  told  her ;  and 
after  a  short  pause  she  accepted  it,  and  was  quite  contented. 
The  sum  I  offered  was  four  shillings  per  week  ;  and  there 
was  not  one  syllable  or  one  look  which  shew  any  hesitatioa 
or  dissatisfaction.  This  went  on  fur  weeks,  and  we  lived  in 
great  peace ;  but  sometimes  our  dearest  friends  disappear, 
and  sometimes  the  calmest  evening  is  succeeded  by  a  stormy 
day.    * 

About  five  weeks  ader  our  ballance,  and  after,  as  it  were, 
I  had  cast  my  account  away,  she  would  have  a  settling  from 
the  beginning.  She  pretended  that  her  husband  was  not  satis, 
fied  wuh  what  I  paid— that  my  settling  with  her  stood  for 
nothing,  and  hence  she  wanted  to  cliurge  me  eight  shillings 
instead  of  four  shillings  per  week,  which  we  had  agreed  for. 
A^the  time  we  settled,  as  above  mentioned,  they  spake  of 
three  weeks,  but  I  told  them  it  was  four ;  and  this,  at  that 
time,  was  not  only  easily  recollected  btit  gave  perfect  satis- 

3 


H  f  SOK   OBIO   . 

facUon,nor  did  I  mupect  any  thing  to  the  contrary  for  a  long 
time  afterwards.  But  at  this  time,  about  fite  weeks  from  our 
■ettling,  she  not  only  wanted  to  charge  me  eight  shillings  per 
week  instead  of  four,  but  wanted  to  fix  the  time  of  my  coming 
two  weeks  sooner  than  what  we  had  setded  for.    At  length, 
after  debating  and  reasoning  the  matter  over,  Mrs. 
pretended  that  she  had  found  her  account ;  but  this  mode  the 
matter  no  better  at  all ;  for  if  she  kep'  no  account,  but  trusted 
to  mine  when  we  settled,  and  appeared  well  satisfied  for  such 
a  length  of  time,  was  it  possible  to  find  one  five  weeks  after- 
wards?    Alas !  alas !  that  peace  should  be  so  injudiciously 
destroyed  on  such  an  occasion !    How  difficult  a  tiling  it  is 
to  live  at  peace  with  some  people.    I  was  very  sorry,  inas- 
much as  they  had  behaved  with  such  kindness,  and  on  which 
account  I  knew  no  people  in  the  place  whom  1  esteemed  with 
the  same  gratitude,  good  will  and  affection.    But  such  is  hu- 
man  nature,  and  such  is  the  confidence  wa  can  place  m  mor- 
tals.   She  pretended  that  Mr.  *******  had  made  some  ob- 
lections  since  our  agreement ;  so  that  was  sufficient  it  seems 
to  charge  me  double  to  what  she  agreed  to,  whether  I  under- 
stood  wiy  thing  abo^it  it  or  not,  and  with  what  she  had  l»en 
authorised  to  contract  for,  and  bad  been  so  well  satisfied. 
Mrs.  *'''*****  seemed  as  if  she  bould  detain  my  things  for 
payment,  but,  on  mentioning  the  difficulty  to  a  justice  in  the 
Tillage,  1  found  it  otherwise :  nor  did  all  people  think  them 
iust  in  their  demands  on  ont  hand,  or  conceive  any  prejudice 
against  me  on  the  other.    At  length,  howe»er,I  told  Mr. 
•*•«*'*"'  that  1  would  give  him  ten  shillings  more  than  I  had 
ugr^fA  to  if  he  was  not  satjpfied,  providing  he  would  give  me 
a  receipt,  which  he  immediately  consented  to ;  and  when 
Mrs.  *******  knew  this  she  was  silenced,  and,  as  it  were, 

said  no  more.  , 

Reflecting  upon  this  circumstance,  I  shall.  First,  notice  the 
uncertainty  of  human  friendship;  Secondly,  observe  that 
some  people,  through  the  circumstancesthey  are  under,  must 
necessarily  suffer  wrong;  and.  Thirdly,  caution  the  reader 
against  imposing  upon  such  characters. 

First :  How  inconsistent  are  mortaki,  and  how  uiicortam 
is  human  friendship !  A  person  may  shew  himself  warm 
and  aflfectionate  to.day,  but  tomorrow,  perhaps,  he  is  not  to  be 
found,  or  in  a  little  time  afterwards,  in  that  character  or  rela- 
tionship, he  knows  me  no  more.  Self  interest,  which  may  be 
awakened  by  some  new  project  or  some  new  object,  pre- 
senU  itself  and  dissolves  that  warmth  of  affection  which 
manifested  itself  so  conspicuously.  Want  of  success  in  tu. 
liness  soon  raises  suspicion  in  the  man  of  the  world,  and  h* 


4 


«j, 


■4"*WSrtS!l«!»>(» 


TO  NRW  TORI. 


16 


jontrary  for  a  long 
re  weeks  from  our 
I  eight  ihillings  per 
lime  of  my  coming 
ed  for.    At  length, 
over,  Mr«.  ****^** 
)  but  this  mode  the 
iccount,  but  trusted 
ill  satisfied  for  such 
le  five  weeks  after* 
be  so  injudiciously 
ifficult  a  tiling  it  is 
as  very  aorry,  inas- 
Jnea8,and  on  which 
om  I  esteemed  with 
D.    But  such  is  hu- 
re  can  place  in  mor' 
[lad  made  some  ob- 
M  auilicient  it  seema 
to,  whether  I  under* 

I  what  she  had  been 
in  so  well  satisfied, 
etain  my  things  for 
[y  to  a  justice  in  the 

II  people  think  them 
aceive  any  prejudice 
however,  I  tdd  Mr. 
iga  more  than  I  had 
ig  he  would  give  me 
mted  to;  and  when 
:ed,  and,  as  it  were, 

hall.  First,  notice  the 
»ndly,  observe  that 
1  they  are  under,  must 
'',  caution  the  reader 

),  and  how  uiicortain 
shew  himself  warm 
»erhap8,  he  is  not  to  be 
:hat  character  or  rela- 
nterest,  which  may  be 
Mne  new  object,  pre- 
h  of  affection  which 
ant  of  success  in  i)u. 
loftheworW,  and  bt 


-fcwaiWisWwtSS- 


eonsiiferi  the  man  unworthy  of  his  friendship  who  does  not 

trooper  like  himself,  but  if  he  can  do  independent  of  his  help 
e  is  ready  to  lend  his  aauistance.  AfHiction  turns  tho  most 
healthy  and  beautiful  persons  into  loathsome  objects,  and 
causes  one  friend  to  desert  another.  Death  separates  the 
most  intimate  friends,  and  in  one  day  sometimes  dissolves 
tho  closest  and  most  sacred  union.  Morlalt  cannot  always 
manifest  it.  A  king  sometimes  is  obliged  to  flee  for  refuge ; 
a  merchant  is  arrested,  and  a  tradesman,  through  sickness, 
is  incnpablo  of  business.  One  prejudices  the  mind  of  my  best  - 
friend,  or  another  raises  a  slander  n^ainst  me.  A  failure  in 
business  or  ombracing  religion  frequsntly  separatcj  those 
who  wore  formerly  united  by  the  cords  of  friendship. 

Secondly :  Some  men  must  necessarily  suflTor  wrong  from 
the  fhcl  that  they  do  not  stand  upon  equal  ground  to  defend 
themselves.    This  may  be  easily  seen  by  observing  the  vari- 
ous  dispensations  and  distribution  of  the  gifts  of  Providence. 
Want  of  health,  strength,  intellect,  and  worldly  prosperity  ex- 
poso  soino  people  to  abuse  from  the  slanderer.     The  man 
seeking  a  homo  in  a  new  country  as  opposed  to  the  native  or 
wealthy  citizen— the  poor  in  any  nation  as  contra-distinguish- 
od  from  the  rich — the  want  of  knowledge  and  judgment, 
where  even  ridiea  are  not  wanting,  will  frequently  expose 
men  to  imposition.    Self  interested  men  who  fear  not  God, 
will  gonornlly  tako  advantn^jo  rather  than  suffer.     Hence  a 
poworfu!  prince,  with  a  largo  navy  of  ships  and  strong  forces 
on  land,  will  too  often  intrude  upon  tho  rights  of  a  weak  na- 
tion.    An  unjust  judgo  will  give  judgment  in  favor  of  the  op. 
pressor.  Masters  will  deprive  their  servants  of  what  is  right; 
and  the  most  powerful  animals  will  seize  upon  and  devour 
tmalier  ones !    It  was  said  of  David,  that  "  the  enemy  shall 
not  exact  upon  him ;  nor  the  son  of  wickedness  afflict  him," 
Psalm  Ixxxix,  22v. ;  by  which  promise  made  unto  him  from 
Jehovah,  1  understand  that  he  should  bo  a  man  of  such  mus- 
cular  strength  and  firmness  of  mind,  and  so  protected  by  tha 
providence  of  Grod,  that  ho  could  deal  with  all  men  either  to 
advantage  or  without  imposition.     And  henco,  as  a  prince,  a 
farmer,  a  tradesman,  or  a  military  character,  he  would  be  so 
judicious  and  cautious  on  his  part  in  all  his  motions,  so  firm 
and  resjiute  in  his  purposes,  and  so  protected  by  providence, 
thai  all  he  engaged  in  should  finally  prosper.    But  not  so 
with  f'.'->-j  people;  not  so  with  tho  poor,  who  are  obliged  to 
crouch  ('  >wn  under  the  heavy  hand  of  extreme  poverty.  No : 
pwerty,  affliction,  a  frowning  providence,  and  the  peculiar 
oirc'imstancea  some  are  brought  into,  lay  them  open  to  in. 
■ult  tind  abuso  ttom  every  idle  sp^c^ator.    A  man  of  infla- 


-.itSU»fi^>Mikii*ii»liiiltitt.' 


.<'>!tir'»4*i7^«--;^5*s-.- 


Ifl 


rtOM   OHIO 


eoc«  tnd  ttrong  mind  will  probably  tceuae  uotber  Ie«  guilty 
than  himaelf,  and  carry  hit  point  againat  bim,  contrary  to 
either  charily  or  jualice.  But  when  he  haa  done  thia,  aia 
lieth  at  the  door,  which,  in  its  prtper  time,  shall  not  be  forgot, 
ten  ;  and  hence  we  gee  ihal  ail  things  are  not  just,  and  also 
that  all  people  cannot  defend  themselves.    This  brings  me, 

Thirdly :  To  caution  the  reader  against  imposing  upoa 
such  characters.     Although  some  men,  because  oftrana* 
gression,  are  afflicted,  and  others  are  visited  through  life  for 
their  sins,  as  David,  yet  it  is  not  so  with  every  one  ;  and 
even  where  this  is  the  case,  God  forbids  us  to  take  ven. 
geance.    There  are  many  temporal  evila  from  the  hand  of 
God,  who  is  jealous  of  his  honor,  and  sometimes  visits  a 
proud  and  rebellious  people  to  the  third  and  fourth  genera, 
tion  ;  but  he  commands  us  as  probationers  to  shew  mercy, 
and  declares,  ••  Vengeance  it  mine;  I  will  repay,  saith  the 
Lord  :    Rom.  lii.  10.  Besides,  God  not  only  visits  for  trans, 
gression,  but  afflicts  in  mercy,  as  in  the  case  of  Job.     He 
afflicts  to  humble  and  purify— to  exalt  and  glorify;  and  hie 
anger  was  kindled  againat  Job's  three  friends  for  not  speak.  * 
log  what  was  right,  or  for  juoaiog  him  unrighteously.    God 
IS  the  creator  of  the  poor,  and  has  blest  them  in  that  estate ; 
and  where  people  injure  or  oppress  the  defenceless,  the  father, 
less,  the  afflicted,  or  the  stranger,  He  marks  their  iniquity  ia 
a  more  awful  manner.    He  threatened  to  put  out  the  name 
of  Amelek  from  under  heaven,  and  to  have  war  with  him 
from  generation  to  generation :  Exodus,  xvii.  14.    And  to 
Esau  It  is  thus  written,   ••  For  thy  violence  againat  thy 
brother  Jacob,  shame  shall  cover  thee,  and  thou  shalt  be  cut 
onfofret :"  Oba.,  10  ver.    Solomoc  says,  ••  Remove  not 
the  old  land.mark ;  and  enter  not  into  the  fields  of  i   i  father, 
less,  for  their  Redeemer  ia  mighty;  ke  shall  plead  their 
cause  with  thee."    Jeremiah  alao  declares  that  "their  Re. 
deemar  la  atrong ;  the  Lord  of  hoela  is  bia  name ;  he  ahall 
thoroughly  plead  their  cause,  &c."  Pro?,  xxiu.  10  ver- 
Jer.  L.  88  ver. 

Wherefore  be  admonished,  reader !  Are  you  a  man  of 
wealth  T — blest  with  a  home  and  a  permanent  business?  If 
ao,  "  who  made  thee  to  differ  from  another?  and  what  haal 
ibou  that  thou  didst  not  receive  ?"  1st  Cor.  iv.  7.  Do  you 
aay  that  you  got  all  by  your  own  strength,  aohrii;  iy  and  in. 
duatry?  If  so,  whogave  youyonrabiliS(Baf  And  if  it  aa 
by  your  own  strength,  how  was  it  that  you  did  not  gat  teo 
timea  more  T  Your  ambition  would  have  done  it  had  it  heeo 
m  your  power.  Now  if  you  could  not  get  as  much  aa  he 
who  ,in  the  same  time  accumuiated  twice  or  thxioe  m  muoh 


■— .—- fittirr'''" 


use  Mother  Ie«  guilty 
linst  bim,  contrarj  to 
he  has  done  thia,aui 
le,  shall  not  be  forgot- 
ara  not  just,  and  aim 
I.    This  brings  me, 
^inst  imposing  upoa 
n,  because  oftrans- 
isited  through  life  for 
vilh  every  one  ;  and 
bids  us  to  take  ven* 
ils  from  the  hand  of 
i  sometimes  visits  • 
i  and  fourth  genera* 
tners  to  shew  mercjr, 
1  will  repay,  saith  the 
only  visits  for  trana. 
le  case  of  Job.    He 
and  glorify;  and  his 
riends  for  not  speak«  ' 
unrighteously.    Qod 
them  in  that  estate ; 
ifenceleis,  the  father* 
arks  their  iniquity  ia 
I  to  put  out  the  name 
have  war  with  him 
s,  zrii.  14.    And  to 
ioIoDce  Bsainst  thy 
md  thou  snalt  be  cut 
aays,  ••  Remove  oot 
» fidds  of  tie  father, 
ke  shall  plead  their 
ires  that  •<  their  Re. 
bis  name ;  he  shall 
rov.  juiii.  10  ver., 

Are  you  a  man  of 
lanent  business  t  If 
herT  and  what  hast 
X»r.  iv.  7.  DoTou 
gth,  aohrif;  iy  ana  in* 
ueef  And  if  it  a* 
you  did  not  get  teo 
I  done  it  had  it  been 
get  at  much  aa  he 
>  or  thxioe  «■  mutstt 


TO   NEW    YOBK.  %f 

as  yoiirielfj  ft  is  prol»ahIe  that  somo  people  had  not  nioans  of 
obtaining  nne-third,  nnd  others  not  ono-lonth  part  of  what  you 
possofli,  and  your  efibrta  and  wishes  might  have  been  equally 
fruilloss.  Do  you  bout  of  the  woalth  of  your  family  and  an. 
coators?  Alas !  two  generations  back  your  family  was  not 
known,  porhaps,  among  the  opulenu  Arc  you  a  rich  store- 
keeper— a  largo  trading  merchant !  Your  proJoccssors  it  ia 
likely  bogan  in  the  woriu  by  carrying  their  morchandise  from 
door  to  door.     I  do  not  want  ♦♦♦♦♦♦  here,  in  eflbct,  said  Ma. 

dam  S ,  I  can  buy  much  cheaper  at  the  store,  &c  ,  a!. 

though  her  husband  began  poor,  and  (according  to  report) 
failed  in  his  payments  to  tho  amount  of  several  thousand  do], 
lata.  "I  wish  there  were  no  people  allowed  to  travel,"  snid 
the  atoro-keeper.  "  If  I  want  anything,"  say  others, "  1  al< 
ways  go  to  the  store.  I  never  purchase  any  thmg  at  the  door,  « 
die,  ito,"  Now  what  is  all  this  but  to  deprive  people  in 
k)w  circumstances  of  their  right,  and  as  unjust  as  it  would  be 
to  K!jprive  you  of  trading  at  all,  unless  you  could  purchase 
goods  to  an  amount  for  beyond  your'capital  till  you  could 
nnd  money  to  begin  in  a  store  T  And  what  is  it  less  than  to 
say,  I  am  uf  too  much  importance  to  stoop  so  low  aa  to  pur. 
chue  any  thing  at  the  door,  although  the  property  I  am  liv. 
ing  on  was  accumulated  by  such  a  beginning !  Beware, 
therefore,  that  you  do  not  rob  others  of  their  right,  but  rather 
learn  that  lesson  which  teaches,  "as  ye  would  that  men 
should  do  to  you,  do  ye  even  so  to  them." 


No.  in.      ^ 

Journey  to  Canada^  ^c. — But  every  pJaee  hat  its  advanlaget 
a»d  dieadvantagea. — A  speedy  return  to  the  State*.'— 
Temptation*  and  mckednett  connected  with  the  iett  oeeu- 
potion*.— 'ReJUeOon*. 

Previous  to  taking  a  final  departure  from  the  village  where 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  •*««***  reskled,  in  autumn  (1836)  I  went  over 
Lake  Ontario  to  Canada ;  aupposing  that  if  ever  I  returned 
to  England,  I  shoukl  like  first  to  go  over  to  the  British  do. 
roiniona  on  this  side  the  water,  that  i  might  have  an  opporta. 
nity  of  judging  for  myself  whksh  of  the  two  natwns  I  shonld 
like  in  America  in  prefbrenoe  to  the  other.  My  intentran 
waa  to  have  remaiiwd  there  through  the  winter,  but.  First, 
tho  cuMora  boiNO  officer  charged  me  ■omethlng  considerable 


'^^"•^trnhmtnmiittsik.. 


,:,Mima^imiS<fSA" 


If 


raOM  OHIO 


I, 

H 


if- 

I 


for  my  publio&tiona,  whioh  I  had  not  fbiiy  anticipftted,  and 
aderwarda  told  me,  that  if  any  penon  complained  of  mo  ho 
ahould  inform  against  m«  for  aelling  them,  although  an  altor^ 
ney  in  England  could  not  aaaure  mo  that  the  law  waaagainat 
it.  Th«  ac  not  specifying  books,  and,  therefore,  not  clearly 
deciding  upon  that  subject,  he  said  th«  matter  would  be  whe. 
thrr  the  court  would  denominate  books  among  those  warM 
and  manufactures  which,  as  their  own  productions,  people 
were  allowed  to  sell.  Secondly  :  after  seeing  a  little  of  the 
country  which  did  not  seem  so  well  settled ;  being  among 
many  of  my  own  country  peop'.e  whose  county  dialects,  afler 
being  in  the  State*,  I  did  not  like ;  and  finding  the  country 
bot  so  adrantageously  laid  out  for  a  person  in  my  capacity, 
I  soon  came  to  the  conclusion  of  returning  back.  Hence 
I  was  not  much  taken  up  with  Cansdu  ;  for  although  there 
seemed  aa  much  or  more  cash  in  circulation,  yet  the  people 
in  Toronto,  so  many  of  them  from  England  and  Ireland,  were 
poor,  and  strangers  in  a  foreign  land,  that  it  did  not  answer 
my  purpose  tu  remain  among  them.  The  country  does  not 
settle  so  rapidly ;  appear  in  so  flourishing;  a  state,  nor  the  io« 
habitants  in  general  so  humane  and  kmd,  perhaps,  as  the 
people  in  the  United  States.  But  thus  much  does  not  prove 
that  it  has  not  equal  advantages ;  nor  does  the  rapid  increase 
in  the  Slates  prove  its  national  excellence  or  superior  virtue. 
An  individual,  a  &mliy,  or  a  iiation,  however  unworthv,  inay 
prosper  for  a  time,  but  it  is  by  righteousness  and  the  blessing 
of  heaven  only  that  a  natioir  is  permanenllv  ettablished  and 
finally  exalted.  May  Ood  give  repentance  for  what  has  been 
transacted  amice  on  either  side,  and  dispose  them  to  rectify 
every  error.  And  as  far  as  they  are  worthy,  may  they  be 
judges  among  the  natbns  to  the  confusion  of  tyrants,  but  a 
praise  to  them  who  do  well.  I  was,  however,  glad  to  see 
divino  service  performed  exactly  the  eame  at  chapel  as  ia 
England,  and  I  shoold  like  to  see  it  unif«)rm  all  the  world 
over.  The  setting  out  the  hymns— the  sinsing — the  preach« 
ing,  and  the  whole  process,  was  carried  thiough  aa  among 
the  same  denominatk>ns  in  that  country ;  but  m  which  na- 
tion (that  is  Canada  or  the  States)  there  was  the  most  spirit, 
ual  life  and  religious  devotion,  I  cannot  determine.  I  admire 
the  zeal  of  that  man  who  lives  (rathe?  than  tdks)  great 
things ;  -ftnd  I  hope  equally  to  despise  the  zeal  whioh,  in  the 
flight  of  heaven,  has  a  name  only  to  live  while  dead.  It  is  my 
duty  to  leave  that  to  Him  who  is  infinite  in  wisdom,  and 
whose  prerogaiive  only  it  is  to  judge — who  looketh  not 
merely  on  the  outward  appearaoce,  but  who  aearcbeth  tho 
heart*  of  the  children  of  men. 


TO  NEW    TOM. 


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lily  anticipated,  and 
>inplained  of  mo  he 
I,  although  an  altor- 
lh«  law  waa  againat 
lerefore,  notclaarl/ 
atter  would  ba  who. 
among  thoae  warM 
producttona,  paopld 
■eeing  a  little  of  the 
tlwl;  being  among 
ounl^  dialecta,  afler 
findmg  the  country 
ion  in  my  capacity, 
ning  back.     Hence 

for  although  there 
lion,  yet  the  people 
(idan^  Ireland,  wore 
at  it  did  not  anawer 
he  country  doea  not 
;  a  atate,  nor  the  in. 
nd,  perhapa,  aa  the 
luch  doea  not  prove 
•  the  rapid  increoao 
!  or  aupertor  virtue, 
(ver  unworthy,  may 
Baa  and  the  bleaaing 
ntly  eatabliahfld  and 
e  for  what  haa  been 
HMO  them  to  rectify 
rorthy,  may  they  bie 
}n  of  tyranta,  but  a 
twever,  glad  to  aee 
me  at  chapel  as  ia 
liform  all  the  world 
oging— the  preach* 

miQU^  as  among 
r ;  but  in  which  na- 
waa  the  moat  apirit* 
etennine.  I  admire 
r  than  talks)  great 
B  zeal  which,  in  the 
rhile  dead.  It  ia  my 
ite  in  wiadom,  and 
—who  looketh  not 

who  leaichetb  the 


But  how  true  it  ia  that  every  place  haa  iu  adyantasea  and 
diaadvantagea— that  if  we  obtain  one  thing  we  either  lack  or 
loae  another ;  and  that  there  ia  no  place  of  perfect  happineae 
on  earth,  but  at  we  find  it  in  reaignation  to  the  will  of  Ood. 
So  it  ia  here.  In  Cnnada  there  are  aome  thinga  I  like,  and 
aome  othera  which  I  dialike  in  the  Staiea  ;  and  yet  ao  far  as  I 
have  aeen  of  them,  I  prefer  the  latter  to  the  former — nay,  in 
•ome  respecta  the  people  in  the  Statea  are  dear  to  me.  A  man 
may  have  the  most  delightful  aituation  in  ihe  empire,  and  yet 
the  pure  apring  of  water  that  runs  by  Uie  poor  man 'a  ahantee 
may  be  lacking.  Another  may  posseaa  great  riches,  like 
Abraham,  and  yet  have  no  heir — "  My  only  son  and  only 
child,"  aaid  the  bereaved  woman,  "  about  eighteen  yeara  of 
age,  went  out  rnd  waa  drowned."  A  Lazarua  may  endure 
almost  the  want  of  all  thiuga,  and  yet  hia  poverty  may  be  ne- 
eesaary  to  bring  him  to  a  bettei  inheritance  than  that  of  the 
rich  man.  It  waa  an  digible  aituation  aInKMt  aa  any  I  have 
■een  in  America,  and  fit  for  a  aquire'a  residence  in  Europe, 
and  yet  aaid  the  amiable  woman,  1  hiwe  no  money.  **  How 
ia  if,''  I  aaked,  "that you  have  no  moooy  t"  »  My  huaband," 
ihe  replied,  "  is  auch  a  man  for  buamesa,  and  he  went  and 
purchaaed  another  farm,  and  now  he  ia  giving  (to  the  beet  of 
my  recollection)  twenty-five  per  cent  for  borrowed  money ; 
and  yet  I  think  he  ia  a  good  man."  "  And  Deacon  auch  a  one 

ia  letting  out  his  money  at per  cent."    Thia  waa  the  year 

probably  when  the  Banks  in  the  whole  State  had  suspended 
cash  payment — at  which  time  many  let  out  their  money  at 
three  or  four  per  cent  per  month,  which  made  ft om  thirty.aix 
to  forty  .eight  per  cent  per  annum.  So  thia  amiable  woman, 
of  a  delicate  texture,  genteelly  brought  up,  and  living  in  a 
beautiful  habitation,  waaapinning  like  other  hard  working  and 
poor  women,  till  she,  her  huabutd  and  estate  could  get  clear 
of  debt.  And  many  others,  through  pretended  necessity  or 
from  absolute  covetouanesa,  made  themaelves  auch  extor. 
tionera  aa  to  let  out  money,  perhaps,  at  five  timea  more  than 
the  lawful  intereat. 

From  Canada  I  haatened  back  to  the  States ;  and  being  in 
that  part  of  the  country,  I  made  an  opportunity  to  go  and 
aee,  what  ia  apoken  of  aa  one  of  the  greateat  wondera  of  the 
world, "  Niagara  FaUs."  From  thia  place,  for  the  firat  time, 
I  took  the  ateam  car  on  the  rail  road  for  Bufiaio.  (Smart 
travelling  thia!)  At  the  latter  place  I  got  my  beok  printed, 
entitled  *<  The  Beauties  of  America ;"  but  before  thia  could 
be  accomplished,  through  the  atraita  and  diffieultiea  of  being 
carried  from  one  country  to  another,  with  aome  other  things, 
my  miad  waa  coiuiderably  exercised  with  trials.    It  is  true 


-••""^ . -t-i-ftjitiirtiniiMmfriiirr rm^-'ifMu.   ■ 


90 


riOK  OBIO 


It: 


I  have  but  iittis  patience  or  strength  ;  but  admitting  this  u. 

•ertion  aa  truth,  it  in  also  true  that  the  printer  engaged  to  get 

it  out  in  luch  a  time,  and  Mr.  ••♦•••  apake  of  doing  it  well, 

but  at  tho  end  of  that  time  he  had  made  but  a  poor  beginning 

rather  tlian  a  good  end,  and  when  it  was  done,  it  waa  a  great 

deal  worse  than  either  of  the  formoronea.  In  this  ortico  there 

waa  a  youth,  who  had  had  so  little  exiiorienco  in  setting  up, 

that  his  labor  was  of  small  value;  and  he  waa  so  full  of  non. 

■enso,  ioipudenee  and  profamness,  that  but  few  perhaps  ex. 

ceeded  him  in  wickedaeaa.     The  man  at  the  press  was  but 

Jittlo  better :  be  alao  waa  too  full  of  profanoneas,  vulgarity, 

and  ill  manners.     I  had  been  at  this  printing  offico  befor«, 

and  had  heard  language  that  would  not  be  proper  to  commit 

to  writing.     Alaa  I  alas  I  that  men  in  ao  many  instances 

should  abuse  their  liberty  by  drinking  down  iniquity  like  wa- 

tsr,     And  what  would  the  world  think  if  they  knew  all  the 

profane  ezpreasiona  uttered  in  a  printing  office  ?     A  place 

which,  as  it  wore,  is  tho  source  of  all  our  moral  and  religious 

inatruction — a  fountain  from  which  proceeds  the  moral  light 

and  good  that  is  seen  in  the  world— or  rather  a  channel 

through  which  we  are  supplied  with  all  the  political,  scien. 

tiflc,  and  religious  knowledge  enjoyed  and  possessed  hy  the 

wisest  of  men.     Who  would  believe  that  among  people  of 

■ducatioD,  aa    nen  in  such  a  respectable  business  there 

should  bo  some,  who  let  themselves  down  to  a  level  with  the 

most  depraved  sailors,  d  „/  men,  acavengers,  navigators, 

Bilhngsgate  men,  and  the  very  vilest  of  people  in  their  Ian* 

guage  and  oonversatioD  T 

People  might  suppose  that  to  put  a  boy  to  such  a  trade, 
would  be  one  of  the  most  innocent,  usefbi,  and  best  occupa- 
tions in  the  world.  But  is  it  so  f  Alas !  what  a  variety  of 
temptatioDa  he  is  exposed  to,  and  what  an  amount  of  iniquity 
he  is  liable  to  commit.  For,  in  the  first  place,  as  evil 
communications  corrupt  good  manners,  so  evil  company  and 
pernisioua  publicationa  have  a  rapid  tendency  to  perfect  men 
m  infidelity.  And  where  men  are  disposed  to  evil  already, 
and  are  proceeding  to  greater  lengths  of  iniquity  daily,  to 
place  them  io  a  situation  where  play  bills  are  printed,  iidmo. 
nl  newspapers  are  exchanged,  and  where  somr  of  such 
A  company  will  get  alnMSt  every  evil  work  that  is  published, 
is  the  way  to  perfect  what  is  Iwsking  in  them.  Secondly : 
a  persoa  in  that  business  nay  be  tempted  to  print  any  thing 
for  money,  because  it  is  his  trade,  or  he  may  publish  almost 
aay  bock,  however  perakuoas,  beoauM  it  will  sell.  In  such 
a  capacity  he  may  be  instrumental  in  instructing  a  whole  em. 
pure,  or  he  may  um  hia  influeooa  bi  cwrrupting  milliona.    la 


iiiiMiii;»<.r.».i*<M<wi  ■ 


TO  iriw  TOtl. 


ft 


but  admitting  tliia  m. 
irintor  engagod  to  get 
ipake  of  doing  it  well, 
I  but  n  poor  beginning 
a  done,  it  wna  a  great 
•.  In  tliia  otFico  there 
orionce  in  letting  up, 
lie  waa  ao  full  of  non. 
t  but  few  porhapa  ex. 
at  the  preaa  was  but 
roranoness,  vulgarity, 
rinting  ofTico  before, 
be  proper  to  commit 
•0  many  inatancea 
own  iniquity  like  wa- 
if they  knew  all  the 
ing  office  T  A  place 
ir  moral  and  religioua 
seeds  the  moral  light 
9r  rather  a  channel 
I  tb«  political,  acien> 
ind  poaaeaaed  hy  the 
lat  among  people  of 
able  buameaa  there 
rn  to  a  level  with  the 
vengen,  naTi^tora, 
r  people  in  their  lan< 

boy  to  auch  a  trade, 
Ibi,  and  beat  occupa. 
I !  what  a  variety  of 
n  amount  of  iniquity 

firal  place,  aa  evil 
lo  evil  company  and 
lency  to  perfect  men 
oaed  to  evil  already, 
of  iniquity  daily,  to 
a  are  printed,  irdino* 
'here  aomr  oi  auch 
irk  that  ia  publiahed, 
I  them.  Secondly: 
id  to  print  any  thing 

may  puUiah  almost 
t  will  aell.  In  such 
meting  a  whole  em* 
ipting  nullions.    la 


ft  word,  he  may  do  a  deal  towarda  making  bad  man  worae, 
till  they  have  filled  up  the  meaaur*  of  their  iniquities  and  are 
ripe  for  deatructioa. 

Hence,  by  travelling  and  having  aoniethiog  to  do  with 
men  and  booka,  I  have  been  reflecting  how  good  and  evil 
are  in  alliance  with  each  other,  and  the  iniquity  there  may 
be  in  the  beat  of  Ov»upationa.  One  mari  tt»y  be  under  the 
oececaity  of  writing  to  procure  the  n^esaarios  of  life — he 
may  do  this  virtuously,  and  to  the  edification  of  othera:  an. 
other  may  write  what  is  useless  at  best,  and  to  accumulate 
wealth.  And  although  honest  labor  is  both  a  duty  and  com- 
mendable, jiit  a  man,  porhaps,  is  under  the  necessity  of 
working  on  the  theatre  instead  of  a  dwelling  house — an  ap. 
prentice  is  obliged  to  infringe  upon  the  Sabb«lh  by  working 
till  two  o'clock  in  the  morning  or  disobey  h'l  master — the 
woman  o<  modest  apparel,  to  work  in  superfluities  of  gaudy 
attire,  as  ruffles,  fowers,  (tc.  instead  of  what  she  would 
wish  to  recommend  both  by  precept  and  example.  One  of 
the  most  honorable  and  useful  occupations  in  the  world  is 
that  of  a  physician,  yat  he  frequently  charges  an  enormous 
price  and  renders  no  benefit.  In  seneral  people  expect  th« 
value  in  goods  for  their  money,  and  the  laborer  to  Ailfil  b^ 
•tipulatea  amount  of  labor  for  bis  wages,  but  a  physician 
charges  whether  h«  laoders  any  good  or  noc  And  whora 
is  the  truth  in  advertising  medi&nes  as  infiillible  cures  in  all  * 
caaes,  and  which  will  procure  k>ng  Ufa  to  all  who  will  perao> 
vere  in  taking  them  T  Are  not  such  people  traders  in  false, 
hood,  and  possess  an  inratiabie  thirst  for  riches  rather  thaa 
that  they  speak  infiillible  trutha  t  And  do  not  the  propria, 
tors  of  those  nwdicinaa  aim  at  enriching  themselves  and  Uy. 
ing  up  richea  as  the  dust  of  the  earth,  rather  than  do  all  they 
•iMuld  to  benefit  others  t  Yst  such  is  the  iniquity  of  soma 
people  in  the  most  hooorsblo  oocupatioas  in  life ;  the  teroptai> 
tiona  they  are  surrounded  with,  and  the  eril  practicM  they 
•TO  liable  to  run  into. 


A)!  ftoK  oito 

No.  IV.  .      '  . 

D>jfif:u!Urt  nf  letting  out  money  acempli/ifd,  in  •  '»#«  f:>ween 
CamhenetU  and  Emertom. — Unforteen  diJf^'^lUe^  ani« 
vitkout  any  original  inttntion  to  do  urong,  and  ^.'te  eaie 
mentioned  at  a  eauiion  to  otkert.-—^' .  nmilanett  nf  tk$ 
eai'tform  of  the  nolt,^c. —  Etnerlnn  t-  ..uktio  Mr.  Landu 
man,  and  heart  that  Mr.  Camhenrell  had  put  his  property 
out  of  his  handt,  ^c. — AJlerwardt  rtqueilt  Mr.  Firm. 
friewVt  attittanee, — A  trial  appointed,  lye.'-An  exhor* 
tation  to  bo  eautiout. 

Some  time  ago  I  (rat  otiIig«<l  to  witnosi  the  fnllowlnf^  oir> 
cumstnnco,  which  more  or  leu  domotiHtrates  the  truth  of 
•ome  foregoing  remnr';»;  and  although  it  may  1k)  more  or 
le«a  foreign  to  my  subject,  yet  i  hope  tiio  reader  will  cxcuw 
it  and  pardon  the  digreasion.  Let  him  alao,  es|)ecially  if  he 
w  poor,  beware  of  men  !  For  is  there  any  virtue  in  letting 
•Dothor  take  thy  bed  from  under  thee  t  Nay,  should  we  put 
too  much  confidence  in  princea  7  Thero  wore  three  persona 
originally  concerned  in  the  inatter,  and  whom  1  shall  take 
leave  to  apeak  of  under  the  names  of  Cninbcrwell,  More- 
honor  and  Emerton.  Camberweil  and  Emorton  were  from 
Europe,  but  Morehonor  was  an  American.  They  were  all 
'  members  of  the  same  religious  society :  the  two  latter  pro- 
bably had  been  in  the  connexion  for  many  years,  and  the 
former  seemed  possessed  of  considorablo  properly,  and  sus- 
pected of  no  evil.  Camberweil  talked  of  having  a  house  and 
lot,  free  of  debt,  worth  two  thousand  dollars  ;  spake  of  hav. 
JDg  money  to  collect  for  religious  purposes,  and  that  ho  and 
Morehonor  would  givo  Emerton  their  joint  note  for  some. 
Under  these  r;  •".imfifunces,  Emerton  let  Camberweil  a  small 
■um  of  monb>i, .  tti  (>'l  ■  jhonor  endorjed  the  nolo  given  by 
Camberweil. 

From  wl  '>X^  C^'fstweW  had  said,  Emerton  thout;ht 
that  the  money  was  to  meet  some  payments  arismg 
from  expenses  contracted  in  a  religious  institution,  and 
that  both  were  equally  responsible,  but  he  aflernrards  fo-nd 
that  it  was  exclusively  for  his  own  use — only  Mr.  Morehonor 
endorsed  his  note  :  and  had  it  not  been  for  shutting  up  the 
baaks  and  the  embarrassment  occasioned  thereby,  he  would 
probably  have  paid  the  money  without  any  difRculty.  Hence  - 
the  affair  ia  not  mentioned  to  charge  him  with  any  original 
indention  to  do  wrong,  but.  rather  as  a  caution  to  others  ia 
future  [  and  if  any  Vrong  was  committed,  arising  out  of  un« 
forseen  events,  let  Camberweil  and  Emerton  have  the  blamo 


»^nM. !'  tf  LJw*iW^ti«wB*?H««;.i*i^>«ii*M»iaaa>atei^^|^<i£v^^^'^~ 


fifd,in  •  'un  t.'ween 
i€en  diff'ulUt''  aroit 
»  vinrng,  and  ^!te  eaie 
'C  f<»m$lanct$  nf  th$ 
\  ii-tukt  lo  Mr.  Landt. 
U  had  jmt  his  propertf 
t  rtqufiti  Mr.  Firm, 
nled,  lye. — An  exhor. 


ness  th«  following  eir. 
)n«trate«  iho  truth  of 
{h  it  mny  Ikj  more  or 
Iho  reader  will  oxcuw 
n  alto,  es|M)cially  if  h« 
0  any  virtue  in  letting 
T  Nay,  aliouUI  wo  put 
Bro  wore  thrwe  persons 
nd  whom  I  ahnll  tnke 
of  Camber  well,  More- 
id  Emorton  were  from 
■ican.  They  were  all 
,y :  the  two  latter  pro- 

nf)any  years,  and  the 
ible  properly,  and  sus- 

of  having  a  house  and 
iollars  ;  spake  of  hav. 
poses,  and  that  ho  and 
r  joint  note  for  somot 
let  Camborwell  a  small 
■sed  the  noti.  given  by 

said,  Bmcrtoa  thought 
no  payments  iirismg 
igious  institution,  and 
ut  he  oflerwards  fo-nd 
I— only  Mr.  Morchonor 
eon  for  shutting  up  the 
med  thereby,  he  would 
t  any  difficulty.  Hence 
him  with  any  original 
a  caution  to  others  in 
ittcd,  arising  out  of  un- 
nierton  have  the  blamo 


'*— "■^'iwtaiwttfe.^.'  ■ 


1 
4 


TO  ntrr  tou. 


19 


diM  to  them  and  acknowledg*  th«ir  fkults,  but  let  Morehonor, 
who  wu  not  to  blanio,  hav«  tl»e  praise,  and  bo  tnut  to  lu« 
own  principles,  like  the  luat  man  who  "awe«r«ii.'  to  hia  own 
hurt  aiid  changeth  not. 

Hence  let  it  be  observed  that  the  money  wiu  let  and  th« 
note  given  uoder  the  folloring  eircunistancee :  Kmertoa 
was  n><l  only  a  person  who  vtm  poor,  but  he  knew  aothing 
about  defeuding  himself  by  liiw,  how  to  guard  agaiosl  the 
wise  men  of  this  woild  or  ',ncn  of  buainesa.  Depending, 
therefore,  upon  Camberwell  as  a  professor  of  religion  and  an 
honorable  man,  and  placing  more  coDfidenc*  protN<biy  upon 
Morehonor,  who  appeared  like  the  moat  venerable  professor 
in  that  populous  city,  he  did  not  suspect  any  danger.  I'^mer* 
ton  being  acquainted  with  these  gentlemen,  he  asked  Cam- 
borwell wha;  ho  would  give  him  for  a  sum  of  money  for  a 
short  time,  and  the  latter  (fixing  his  own  prioe)  oiiered  him 
three  per  cent,  per  month,  which  waa  a  gr«at  deal  abov«  th« 
legal  sum  ;  the  lawful  interest  being  no  more  than  seven  per 
cent,  per  annum.  The  time  waa  for  three  months ;  and 
whatever  Emerton  might  or  might  not  know  about  usury,  he 
probably  did  not  know  ihat  there  was  any  law  which  would 
absolutely  endanger  the  security,  and,  besides,  he  did  not  ex- 

Get  that  these  men  on  any  account  would  deceive  him  by 
ing  unfaithful  to  their  own  propoMl.  Hence  he  might  aup. 
pose  that  he  could  innocently  take  the  note  for  security,  and 
refuse  taking  the  money,  if  wrong,  upon  further  reffectwn, 
although  Camborwell  had  oBend  it  himaeli',  and  Morehonor 
had  endorsed  his  note  as  security  for  payment.  The  iiote  waa 
written  nearly  aa  follows :    "  At  three  montiv  after  date,  &n 

value  received,  I'promise  to  p«j  to  —' dollars,"  which  sum 

included  the  interest ;  so  that  no  person  from  the  note  could 
djacover  the  amount  of  interest  upon  it.  Enerton  havinjg  no 
knowledge  about  letting  out  money,  Camberwell  told  h*m  it 
was  a  real  business  note.  During  the  lime  specified,  Emer- 
ton made  a  purchase  in  the  country,  and  had  to  go  forty  miles 
to  fetch  it ;  but  when  demanded,  Camberwell  said  that  he 
could  not  pay  it.  At  length  Emerton  said  that  he  eould  not 
go  bade  without  it,  and  told  Camberwell  that  he  must  consult 
some  friend  on  the  occasion  ;  but  he  objected  having  his  cre- 
dit in  that  way  suapocted  ;  and  aflor  he  had  mentioned  it  to 
a  justice  of  the  peace  in  the  same  society,  C— -  accused 
hiff.  of  going  round  the  neighborhood  and  talking  about  him. 
Id  «  short  time  aflerwards  he,  in  effect,  said,  "  I  will  now 
pay  him  jast  when  I  please  or  think  proper."  Immediately 
afler  rejfNsating  these  words  he  left  tlia  room,  without  giving 
any  further  opportunity  to  coo  verso  with  him  about  it.    So 


t4 


note  ono 


EmertoD**  money  wm  fom ;  tmi  baviof  (Mud  part  i^  the 
prica  for  the  puretmae  abore  mentioned,  atill  in  the  Mller'e 
poeMMioa,  (wtw  went  and  bud  en  etlachment  on  ii  for  foer 
of  cooaeqiMDcee,)  be  could  neither  get  thie  money  beck  nor 
recover  the  other. 

r  At  the  city,  where  Ibeee  three  men  lived,  there  were  two 
ehupete  end  their  reepeetive  minielert.     Cemberwell  and 
Morehonor  went  to  hear  Mr.  Landeman,  as  I  fiiall  call  him, 
'ioid  Emerton  heard  Mr.  Firmfriend,  so  named.     And  after 
Camberweli  had  left  the  room,  aa  before  stated,  Emertoa 
tallied  with  their  nunister  upon  the  sabject  under  coottdera* 
tioa.    From  him  he  heard  that  Camberweli  had  pat  his  pro. 
perty  out  of  his  hands ;  and  he  spake,  moreover,  as  if  he  was 
going  to  leave  the  city  to  avoid  being  sued  at  the  law.    He 
also  talked  with  Morehonor,  who  informed  him  that  Camber- 
well  had  said  that  he  probably  could  pay  the  money  in  about 
six  weeks.-  Hence  he  advised  him  io  wait.     Bat  were  these 
testimonies,  so  far,  io  exact  accordance  with  «ich  other  ?    At 
the  end  of  that  time  Camberweli  said  that  it  was  about  a  fort- 
night  sooner  than  he  had  proposed.    At  the  fortni^t's  end 
be  said  that  he  was  wuting  for  a  person's  return  from  the 
west,  and  wanted  Emerton  to  wait  a  week  for  his  arrival. 
At  the  end  of  this  week,  Camberweli  seemed  to  disengoga 
himself  from  all  obligation  whatever,  and  would  not  come  to 
any  ccmpromise  to  pay  it  by  any  other  means,  as  giving  bis 
note  for  labor,  goods,  board,  or  any  thing  eloe ;  nor  would 
he  consent  to  gire  Emerton  x  new  note  that  wvm  legally 
drawn  up,  but  said  that  the  old  one  was  good,  if  the  other 
would  w&it  for  a  while  till  he  could  pay  it.   Such  was  the  dif' 
ficulty  this  man  brought  himself  into  through  this  circum' 
Mance,  and  such  would  have  been  the  trouble  had  he  listened 
to  him  any  further,  that  if  ever  he  obtamed  it,  yet  it  would 
have  been  by  more  trouble  and  expense  probably  tiian  the 
money  was  worth.     Hence  upon  reviewing  it  thus  far,  and 
tracing  it  through  alt  its  windings  in  this  simple  manner,  the 
reader  may  judge  for  himself  whether  Camberweli  could  be 
depended  upon  any  further  when  brought  to  this  crisis !     It 
had  pnssed  on  nearly  three  months  over  the  stipulated  time 
of  payment  already,  and  one  or  two  persons  had  found  out 
that  the  interes*,  being  above  the  legal  sum,  could  prevent  its 
being  obtained  by  law :  and  what  made  it  more  hopeless 
still,  was  that  Morehonor  was  released  from  his  bond  on  ac- 
count of  its  being  payable  at  the  bank,  and  Emerton  being  in 
the  country  at  the  time,  and  suspecting  no  danger,  did  not  de- 
mand it.     Under  such  circumstances,  let  me  ask  the  reader 
whether  there  was  not  some  danger  of  Emerton's  losing  hiy 
hard  earned  moneyT 


jrb.* 


■■■j^'ivisni'^"- 


16  tXff  TOU* 


•6 


nriog  ptid  part  of  the 
(led,  atil)  in  the  mIIct** 
ichment  on  ii  for  fiwr  . 
it  (bin  money  beck  nor 

I  lived,  there  were  two 
re.  Cemberwi^n  and 
Ml),  ■•  1  fiudl  eall  him, 

so  naoied.  And  «rter 
Mfore  Mated,  Emerton 
ibject  under  conaidenu 
erwell  had  put  hit  prO' 
moreover,  as  irhewaa 
I  aued  at  the  law.  He 
rmed  hint  that  Camber. 
[my  the  mooey  in  about 
<  wait.  Bat  were  tbeae 
e  with  meh  other  7  At 
that  it  was  about  a  fort. 

At  the  fortnight's  end 
irson's  return  from  the 
t  week  for  his  arriTsl. 
n  seemed  to  disengage 

and  would  not  come  to 
ler  means,  as  giving  his 
thing  elM ;  nor  would 
V  note  that  was  legally 

was  good,  if  the  other 
ay  it.  Such  was  the  dif* 
io  through  this  circum. 
i  trouble  had  he  listened 
>btained  it,  yet  it  would 
tense  probably  tiwn  the 
viewing  it  thus  far,  and 
I  this  simple  manner,  the 
er  Camberweil  could  be 
ought  to  this  crisis !  It 
over  the  stipulated  time 
»  persons  had  found  out 
al  sum;  could  prevent  its 
made  it  more  hopeless 
led  from  his  bond  on  ae* 
ik,  and  Emerton  being  in 
ig  DO  danger,  did  not  de. 
»,  let  me  ask  the  reader 
r  of  Emerton's  losing  hty 


After  Emerton  bed  hmd  ail  ^lis  troabie,  he  went  io  his  mia. 
ister,  (Mr.  Pirmftisod)  renooaeed  all  unkwfol  interest,  and 
requested  his  assirtanoe  \  and  the  minister,  like  the  oood  da> 
maritan,  took  hold  of  it,  pleaded  Im  cause,  and  haadled  it  in 
such  a  manner  that,  akhoogh  he  eould  not  get  the  mooey 
pakd  immediately,  throogb  thesewceneas  of  cash,  yet  be  got 
a  legal  and  new  note,  in  wUeb  Camberweil  and  Morahonor 
bound  themsdves  joiotiy  and  separately  io  pay  the  money, 
with  lawf!il  ioterest,  at  a  time  spedfied.  This  was  an  honor 
to  the  minister,  »ad  it  was  hkewisa  an  honor  to  the  latter 
venerable  eharacMr,  who,  arter  being  disenfaged  firom  his 
(4>iigatk>n,  woaM  pledfe  himself  cniq«ntly  or  separatelj 
rather  than  Eraeftensnnald  lose  the  naoney.  "  He  swearetb,^ 
■uth  Davki,  •«te  his  own  hatt,  and  ehnageth  nou" 

In  order  to  settle  tins  f^ur  in  an  a=ti«aUe  OMumer,  thejr 
had  a  trW,  at  which  two  niaislers  and  tha  parties  net  to. 
getter:  and  aMwegh  Emeiton  al  first  mMd  be  ioadvert. 
ently  led  into  this  difiicolty  througb  net  naderstaoding  what 
omry  wna,  or  through  temptation  6om  his  own  poverty— 
although  he  had  imomied  them  tiwt  he  wooid  have  no  no. 
lawfu!1nteres^  notwiibslanding  it  Urm  ofSdnd  by  Caariwrwell 
■vithout  his  nsking  it  aWwngli  Mw.  landsman,  5h«r  orinin. 
i^r's  wifis,  taki  aaid  that  her  hosbaod  had  bean  obKgpd  to  givn 
a  bondrad  fi»r  four  er  five  hnaired  doBaia  for  Aa  ywr— that 
the  money  was  worth  tint  iaiersrt,  and  them  was  searoeiy  a 
dtizes  there  b««  bad  u  ne  il  and  aiUMngh  the  josliea  above 
aentionod  hni  aaid  tkal  Oanierwon  maat  paiy  the  «oi»ey  or 
leave  that  refifioas  body  of  pmple,  yet  H  seaoied  that  ha  bad 
been  traspted  to  plead  Ina  cause;  and  in  so  doing  ^  the  trad, 
be  pretended  to  (kny  tb«t  Caooberweli  jwad  the  nmoay. 
TbisseeawdstiaaffB:  and  however  eaeosafai*  it  aaigfat  be  in 
a  public  court  ^  jusiiee,  ft  did  aot  look  w^  hnra.  But  Mr. 
Firmfrieod  was  not  to  be  moved— who  soon  beat  them  oat  of 
all  tbetr  vain  sobterfi^ses.  Wlwtaver  men  in  a  civfl  court  of 
jutlwe  might  do  and  behiamekaB,  I  do  not  sea  bow  raligioaa 
men  could  doiy  such  a  thing,  or  refose  lo  pay  the  money, 
withoot  acting  contrary  lo  truth  and  jualiee.  It  is,  however, 
iustt«<  observe  that  it  was  ceasing  to  pay  carii  at  the  banks, 
and  the  general  ewAajiassoient  oeeasiom^  thereby,  that  at 
fint,  probably,  ppevwsted  CambervreU  freaa  paying  the  mo- 
ney ;  yet,  when  he  could  not,  he  ooght  to  have  givsn  legal 
security,  and  not  have  taken  any  advantage  throu^  what 

he  purpoaed  hiraii^xf.  „       .     .„ . 

In  giving  yon  th«  noeooat.  reader.  I  hone.  First,  It  wdl  be 

a  caption  (espaciaUy  if  yon  are  poor,)  agaiaat  kttiof  iaoM7 


fioK  cmo 


1 

it  will 


JO  <mt  of  yom  Band*  wWiout  good  ■ecunty,  and  that 
invent  your  o'er  letting  it  oot  upon  iMory  or  unlawful  in. 
tereat.  You  may  let  it  out  M  fire  per  cent  per  annum  m 
EnglaBd.  or  aeve.  per  cent,  per  annum  ««  Amenw,  Wl  no 
BK>m.  Thi.  «  not.  bot  more  i.  unlawful.  Why  ■tould 
Tou  let  anotlier  take  yow  bed  from  under  you?  The  law 
Jannot  defend  you  at  an  unlawful  mtorest.  And  if  you 
aw  poor,  would  you  gain  awney  by  d»honeet  meanii  T  An. 
JSeTuiuig,  reaSer.  waale  guarding  agalnat.  and  whidi  haa 
JXighiSined  many-namek  :  •Tgn^g  noUm, and  thereby 
I«»ming"«»«^  «>'«*»>*«•  Letonem«ance,outofmany, 
iSffioe:  "My  Ubaad  and  I  began  poor,"  aaid  a  woman, 
lothe  beat  of  my  recollection,  "and  we  bad  improred  our 
land  to  the  amouit  of  about  fife  thousand  dollaia,  wh«i  my 
hmband  aigned  for  a  man,  which  Uxk  away  our  land,  and 
left  08  nearly  five  hundred  doHara  m  debt "  And  many, 
▼ery  many,  people  in  America  hi^Te  more  or  leaa  been  taken 
Wi  in  the  same  manner.  ^ 

Secondly :  I  hope  it  wiU  be  a  meana  of  pieveoung  iich 
nen  from  offering  an  w^  nwud  for  money,  and  t^mg 
^vantage  ef  them  through  ita  illegality  afierwarda.  Such 
an  action  appeaie  both  mean  and  cowardly,  at  weU  aa  unjust 

r.^—j  Amid 

^iidlTS  it  may  be  an  intimatioB  of  the  acarceneaa  of 
eaah— a  aearoeiiflaa  that  involved  many,  and  made  A  almost 
aTdifficultto  obtain  a  few  dollara  ia  America  a»  it  waato 
ftnd  »  few  guineas  in  Bnglandaome  yeara  ago. 


No.  V. 

'^Sme  teoert  toBmap^frtmAmrka  huehuntoofaUtr. 
i^,r-Htnef  "•  ifuumta  ofiutnu  it  related  m  ike  ease 
^an  E»gU 

NevSSleleu/idnumtmeee  Wee  (heee  rr,)bal^  W«  not 
*'■    been  very  eommon,  Sfc.—It  iefuriher  remarked  that  poverty 
itwtewehuitefyeei^iHedtoforeismn.. 

Some  people  have  written  aa  if  no  penoB  eorfd  want 

Kiarcely  tmy  thing  that  is  good  in  America,  but  there  are 

'  Sme  eicepVons.    Let  the  foUowing  account,  taken  from  a 

'*-Kew  York  paper,  suffice  aa  a  specimen.    These  peqrie  for 

wantof  hMUh,  property,  trade,  or  means  to  procure  the  com- 


.wW. 


■  ... ■_» — ""'tiWMliT 


TO  tmw  TOU. 


ar 


I  aecurity,  and  that  H  will 
DD  UMI17  or  unlawfttl  in> 
I  per  cent  per  anntun  in 
tnum  in  America,  but  no 
ualawful.  Why  ahould 
B  under  you  7  The  law 
]  interest.  And  if  you 
f  diahoneet  meaba?  An* 
g  asainatt  and  which  haa 
iigniBg  note%  and  thereby 
me  inataiiee»  out  of  many, 
ui  poor,"  aaid  awoman, 
od  we  bad  improved  our 
louaand  dollars,  when  my 
Uwk  away  our  land,  and 
«  in  debt"  And  many, 
e  more  or  leas  been  taken 

means  of  prereoting  rich 
rd  fi»  money,  and  taking 
egality  aflerwtirds.  Such 
M>wardly,  as  well  aa  unjust 

(ioB  of  the  scarcttaeas  of 
many,  and  made  it  almost 
I  in  America  as  it  waa  to 
leyearaago.  ^ 


\mca  Juu$  been  U»taUer. 
tireet  U  related  in  ike  ease 
l»vitfe,a  West  India  Jady, 
an  American  ladg^  ^.— 
«  these  frobaJiiis  have  not 
riher  remarked  thai  poverty 
•eignere. 

I  if  no  person  could  want 
in  America,  but  there  are 
ring  account,  taken  from  a 
ecimen.  These  peq>le  fur 
means  to  procure  the  com* 


forts  of  life,  at  larr'h  were  brought  into  the  deepest  distress. 
The  account  is  as  follows : 

"Do  yo  i  give  out  work  heret"  said  a  Toice, so  soft,  so 
low,  so  lady.like,  that  I  involuntarily  looked  up  from  the  purse 
I  was  about  purchssing  for  my  darling  boy,  a  birth-day  gift 
from  his  dear  papa. 

M  Do  you  give  out  work  heret" 

<•  Not  to  strangers,"  was  the  rude  reply.  The  stranger 
turned  and  walked  away.  "That  purse  is  very  cheap, 
ma'm."  "  I  do  not  want  it  now,"  said  I,  as  taking  up  my 
parasol,  1  left  the  shop,  and  followed  the  stranger  lady. 

Passing  Thompson's,  she  paused — went  in— hesitatod*- 
then  turned  and  went  out.  I  now  saw  her  face — it  was  very 
pale — her  hair,  black  as  nisht,  was  narted  on  the  rorehead~ 
her  eyes,  too,  were  very  bmck ;  and  there  was  a  wildness  in 
them  that  made  tab  shudder.  She  passed  on  up  Broadway 
to  Greenwich  street,  where  she  entered  a  miserablclooking 
dwelling.  I  paused— should  I  follow  further  T  She  was  evi. 
dently  suiTenng  much — I  was  happy— blessed  with  wealth, 
and,  oh !  how  blessed  in  husband,  children,  friends !  I  knock* 
ed — ^the  door  was  opened  by  a  eroea.looking  woman. 

**  Is  there  a  person  living  here  who  does  plain  sewing  ?"  I 
enquired.  "  I  guess  not,"  was  the  repiy ;  "  there  is  a  womoB 
up  stairs  who  used  to  woik,  but  she  can't  set  any  mora  to  do, 
and  [  shall  turn  her  out  tcmorrow."  "  £iat  me  go  up,"  said 
I,  as  passing  the  woman  with  a  shudder,  I  ascended  the 
stairs.  "  You  can  keep  on  up  to  the  garret,"  she  screamed 
after  me — and  ao  I  did ;  and  there  I  saw  a  eight,  of  which  I, 
the  child  of  affluence,  had  never  dreamed !  The  lady  had 
thrown  off  her  bat,  and  was  kneeling  by  the  side  of  a  poor, 
low  bed.  Her  hair  had  fallen  over  her  shoulders — she  sobbed 
not— breathed  not— eheseeraed  motionless — her  face  covered 
in  the  wretched,  miserable  bed,  whereon  lay  hv  husband. 
He  was  sleeping.  I  looked  upon  his  high,  pale  forehead, 
around  which  cluns  masses  of  damp,  brown  toir— it  was  knitp*- 
and  the  pale  hand  clenched  the  bed  clothes — words  broke  from 
his  lips — **  I  cannot  pay  him  now,"  I  heard  him  say.  Poor 
fellow !  even  ■  in  his  dreams  his  poverty  haunted  him  !  I 
could  bear  it  no  longer,  and  knocked  gently  on  the  door. 
The  lady  raised  her  head,  threw  back  hef  long  hair,  and 
looked  mildly  upon  me. .  It  was  no  time  for  oeremony  ,*  sick, 
ness,  sorrow,  want,  perhaps  starvation,  were  before  me.  "  I 
came  to  look  for  a  person  to  do  plain  work"  was  all  I  could 
say. 

"O,  give  it  me,"  she  sobbed;  '*two  days  we  have  not 
tasted  food — and  to-morrow"——*—.  She  gasped  and  tried 


aa  jpsi  twft'  B4{!ai'^X!<Miagi>jfc»(mfejl[gg|^  . 


li' 


gjjjr  non  omo 

to  finish  the  sentence,  but  could  not.  She  knew  that  (o-mor* 
row  thev  would  be  both  homeless  and  starving. 

«  Be  comforted— you  shall  want  no  more."  I  kept  my 
word.  In  a  few  days  she  told  me  all— of  days  of  happiness 
in  «  sunty  West  India  isle,  her  childhood's  home.  Of  the 
deaths  of  father  and  mother— of  a  cruel  sister  and  brother- 
in-law— how  she  left  that  home,  hoping  to  find  a  brother  in 
America— how  she  sought  him  in  vain,  but  found,  instead,  a 
husband— he  too  an  Englishman,  a  gentleman  and  scholar, 
had  been  thrown  upon  the  world.  Sympathy  deepened  into 
love— alone  in  a  crowd,  all  the  world  to  each  other,  they 
married — be  procured  employment  in  a  school,  she  plain 
needle-work.  Too  close  attention  to  the  duties  of  his  school, 
long  walks  and  scanty  faro,  brought  ill  health,  and  confined 
him  at  length  to  his  bed.  The  shop,  where  his  poor  wife  ob. 
ttined  work,  failed,  and  their  resources  were  cut  ofil  She 
had  looked  long,  weary  days  for  employment.  Many  had 
none  to  give,  and  others  gave  no  work  to  •*  strangers."  Thus 
I  found  them— to  comfort  them  for  a  little  time— then,  I  trust, 
they  found  indeed  a  comforter  in  heaven. 

The  husband  died  first— died  placing  the  hand  of  his  poor 
tlifll  in  mine  <  I  needed  not  the  mute-appealing  look  he  gave 
VK.    I  took  her  to  my  own  happy  home — it  was  too  late ! 

It  was  a  very  little  time  ago,  I  went  one  morning  to  her 
room ;  she  had  passed  a  restloss  niaht ;  had  dreamed,  she 
said,  of  her  dear  George— she  called  me  her  kind  and  only 
friend— begged  me  to  sit  a  liUle  while  beside  her,  and  looked 
op  so  sadly  in  my  face  that  my  own  heart  seemed  well  nigh 
breaking.    I  left  her  not  again. 

In  the  still,  deep  night  I  heard  her  murmur,  **  Sister  Ann, 
do  not  speak  so  harshly  to  me :  oh,  mamma,  why  did  you 
leave  met"  Then  again  she  said,  «6ive  me  an  orange, 
my  sister,  I  am  very  faint."  Her  soul  wta  again  in  her  own 
sunny  (happy)  home. 

"  Lay  me  by  my  George,  and  God  will  Ueas  you,"  were 
.  her  last  words  to  me.  I  led  my  hushed  children  to  lock 
upon  her  sweet,  pale  face,  as  she  lay  in  her  eofiin.  They 
had  never  seen  sorrow  or  death ;  and  then  I  gave  them  the 
first  knowledge  of  both ;  then  I  told  them  of  the  sin,  the  era. 
elty  of  those  who  wounded  the  **  stranger's  heart" 

Cironmstances  like  these,  it  may  be,  have  not  been  very 
common  in  America ;  and  it  is  but  just  ta  say  that  there  are 
many  humane  people  who  are  kind  to  strangers,  and  ready 
to  alleviate  distress ;  but  there  are  some  of  a  distressing  char, 
acter ;  and  there  are  many  people  among  emigrants  who, 
for  a  while,  bftve  net  known  how  to  make  their  way  to  livtt. 


iiirii"nT-TriirnT«inii-|»nmB|ij|;jj(i)f),;iY 


f 


She  knew  that  to.mor. 
d  etarving. 

no  more."  I  kept  my 
Roof  days  of  happineae 
Idhood'a  home.  Of  the 
iruel  aiater  and  brother* 
ting  to  find  a  brother  in 
ain,  but  found,  instead,  a 
gentleman  tund  scholar, 
iympatby  deepened  into 
)rld  to  each  other,  they 
in  a  school,  she  plain 
the  duties  of  hia  school. 
i  ill  health,  and  confined 
where  his  poor  wife  ob. 
rces  were  cut  off.  She 
inployment.  Many  had 
k  to  **  strangers."  Thus 
I  little  time— then,  I  truat, 
kven. 

ling  the  hand  of  hit  poor 
{•appealing  look  he  gave 
ame — it  was  too  late ! 
snt  one  morning  to  her 
light;  had  dreamed,  she 
d  me  her  kind  and  only 
te  beside  her,  and  looked 
heart  aeemed  well  oigb 

'  muraiur,  **  Sister  Ann, 
li,  nuunma,  why  did  you 
,  *•  Give  me  an  orange, 
)ul  wad  again  in  her  owd 

od  will  Meal  you,"  were 
liudied  children  to  lock 
ay  in  her  eofiin.  They 
ind  then  I  gave  them  the 

them  of  the  sin,  the  era. 
ranger's  heart " 

be,  have  not  been  very 
just  to  say  that  there  are 
I  to  strangers,  and  ready 
)me  of  a  distressing  char. 

among  emigranU  who» 
)  loake  their  way  to  Iiv«> 


mill  T-rri  '''I'lTi  nirmiilmWMlilftfliuUri  T 


TO  RBW  TOBK. 


20 


Soma  spend  nearly  all  in  coming  over,  a.id  others  are  taken 
sick  before  they  are  naturalixecC  and  obliged  to  spend  their 
money  in  medicines,  board,  6ec.  A  few  unfortunately  fall 
into  the  hands  of  wicked  men,  who  get  their  property  from 
them ;  and  aome  others,  through  the  vast  difierenoe  there  is 
between  their  native  and  new  country,  cannot  follow  the  bu- 
siness th^y  were  brought  up  to.  And  it  icny  be  observed  that 
where  this  is  the  case,  they  may  aoon  spend  a  deal  of  money 
in  America  as  well  as  in  England ;  for,  in  some  plnces,  as 
New  York)  Albany,  Utica.  Rochester,  Bufihlo,  and  other 
plaeea,  house  rent  is  as  high  as  in  London — fiiol  and  cloth* 
ing  fiir  mora  expensive,  and  board,  with  other  incidental  ex. 
penaas,  as  high  in  citioa  probably  as  in  any  populous  town  ia 
Great  Britain. 

Nor  is  poverty  io  America  exclusively  confined  to  foreignC' 
era.  No :  some  people  even  among  the  natives  are  poor. 
And  ia  not  this  according  to  the  order  of  a  wise  Providence? 
If  so,  is  there  any  courisel  or  stre^igth  against  the  Lord*? 
Does  not  the  Scripture  declare  that  the  poor  shall  never  cease 
out  of  the  land  ?'>— and,  consequently,  that  God  hath  made 
and  blessed  the  poor  in  their  situtttioo  as  well  as  the  rich  T  Is 
it  not  an  undeniable  fact  that  all  people  have  not  the  same 
capa<^tv  for  trade,  labor  Md  useAilnees  f— the  same  health, 
strength  and  prosperiiy  Y  Aggd  that  let  a  country  be  what  it 
may,  it  cannot  secure  to  all  both  prosperity  and  riches.  Be. 
sides,  what  could  we  do  without  diversity  and  contrast  7  The 
brute  animals,  for  wise  purposes,  are  not  all  of  one  stature. 
If  the  world  was  made  up  of  rich  men,  who  would  procare 
us  Aiel  and  the  finest  wheat  t  And  if  these  things  are  the 
fruita  of  their  labors,  who  are  worthy  ol  more  esteem  t— or 
what  class  in  sooiety  is  mors  useful  than  they  are  T  In  the 
aununer  I  met  a  young  nun  and  woman  near  Moscow,  on 
their  way  to  Mount  Morris,  who  were  poor  indeed !  **  Won't 
they  let  us  go  over  the  bridge,"  asked  he,  •*  without  paying 
the  I  :i  t"  <*  How  is  it,"  asked  I.  •*  that  you  aro  destitute  of 
so  snnall  a  sumt"  This  seemed  to  affect  the  young  woman 
aloKMt  to  tears. 

{  At  another  time,  no  great  distance  from  Brockport,  I  re. 
mained  at  a  farm  house  during  the  night,  where  the  good  wo. 
man  informed  me  that  at  the  first  log  house  on  my  way 
there  was  a  fiunily  very  poor.  I  enquired  the  cause  of  their 
poverty,  and  she  answere'l,  •'  It  is  for  want  of  cspacity."  I 
was  glad  to  hear  that  she  had  more  good  sense  and  humani. 
ty  than  to  attribute  all  to  idleness  as  some  people  do ;  for,  as 
inconsistent  &»  it  may  be,  one  man  wko  frequently  gets 
drunk  and  tells  many  falsehoods  in  trading  with  his  custom. 

8* 


"  * 


f9  rsoM  OHIO 

erf,  will  often  exolaim  agaiiwt  and  eaat  reproaeh  upon  oihem 
guilty  of  no  auch  c.-imea,  because  .they  do  not  prosper  aa  he 
does.  But  how  improper  to  do  «o!  How  unjuat  is  such 
conduct !  For  does  not  daily  experience  teach  us  that  men 
in  general  would  ino  abore  their  preaent  indigence  to  pos- 
aeaa  double  the  property  they  have  alraady.  if  they  had  power 
or  were  permitted  to  do  it?  It  doea;  but  they  cannot, nor 
can  others,  deliver  themselves  at  pleasare  flrom  abject  pov. 
erty :  and  hence  auch  <aatancea  are  sufficient  to  shew  ua 
that,  in  a  temporal  point  of  view,  the  wry  of  man  is  not  in 
himself,  and  that  some  people  even  in  America,  m  well  ••  in 
England,  are  very  poor. 


No.  VI. 

Coming  to  Amtriea  an  adtmntage  to  mot  people,  Sjrc.'—Yet 
amidet  th^  beautiee,  rieket,  ^.,  in  Ike  eottntry,  the  ptU>lieh. 
er'e  aatoniekment  at  the  eearctneee  o/ea»k!—At  a  lote  to 
account  for  ihii  defitieneif.—Prokaiting  one  and  three  doU 
Jar  hU*  in  the  latter  part  of  Preeident  JMkeon'e  odau'iiJa* 


It  hM  been  aeknowied^  already  IhiU  coming  to  Ameriea 
is  an  advantage  to  many,  maamueh  as  hitherto  there  has  been 
auch  a  vast  and  extensive  field  for  trade  and  Utboi^hat 
working  naen  can  better  provide  for  themselves  and  familioe 
— that  meefaanies  can  find  employment  and  good  wages— 
merchants  a  suitable  place  for  an  estaUi^ment,  and  mee  of 
wealth  can  lay  out  their  property  to  aa  good,  or  perhaps  to 
better,  advantage  than  in  Europe.  At  least  property  haa 
been  iMd  oat  to  procure  aa  delightful  situations,  it  is  likely, 
for  one-half  or  one^uarter  of  the  sum  for  fiuniliea  to  live  in, 
or  to  accumulate  aa  fast  (»r  more  so,  probably,  than  in  Bng. 
land.  And  there  have  been  some  people,  though  without 
titles  in  America  who  (as  it  appeaired  to  me)  were  possessed 
(/property  to  an  aoMunt  equal  to  most  of  our  richest  noble* 
men  in  England.  Witness  the  Hon.  *******  •*»«♦•*••*, 
of  ,  whose  property,  aoeordinjB(  to  report,  has  been 

esttmated  at  upwards  of  twenty  millions  of  dollare.    Mr. 
— —  is  said  to  be  worth  upwards  of  a  mSKon  per  annum ; 
and  Mr.  •*^'******,  at  whoae  house  I  called,  whom  a  tenant  of 
hia  told  me  that  he  had  as  ommA  land  as  five  hundred  fannit 
which  would  average  four  hundred  aor«a  a  place. 


■-.u  jw.^ii.'.j»m.4MMiia»wcwiiia>wai>, , 


TO  niW  TOK. 


II 


aat  reproach  upon  othom 
i«y  do  not  prosper  as  h« 
o\  How  unjust  is  luch 
rience  teach  us  that  men 
roaent  indigence  to  pos< 
Jraady.irthay  had  power 
« ;  but  they  oannot,  nor 
leaaHre  ftom  abject  pov. 
re  sufficient  to  shew  tw 
he  WKy  of  man  is  not  in 
lit  Anwrtca,  as  well  as  in 


to  wiott  pwfiUt  ifC.'—Ytt 
I  Of  eowUry,  the  fubUak. 
w  ofeathl'-Ai  a  lou  to 
}ititing  OM  and  Ikna  doh 
ttdent  JaektoH^a  odau'iU** 
ncfdiffieuUff. 

y  that  coming  to  America 
as  hkharto  there  has  been 
or  trade  and  htbor— that 
r  themaelvM  and  familioe 
ment  and  good  wage*— 
MtaUiahment*  and  nrnt  of 
to  aa  goodi  or  perhape  to 
At  least  properly  hat 
kful  sitaations,  it  is  likely, 
lum  ibr  fiuniliea  to  live  in. 
0,  probably,  than  in  Bng. 
«  people,  though  without 
«d  to  me)  were  possessed 
most  of  our  richest  noble- 

rdinjg  to  report,  has  been 
millmns  of  dollare.  Mr. 
of  a  mfllion  per  annum ; 
I  called,  whom  a  tenant  of 
ind  as  fire' hundred  fanni* 
laorMapiece. 


,siA-Jar.u'i-^hm>!>staemn 


Yet  amidst  all  the  beauties  and  riches  seen  in  America, 
there  was  one  thing  which  was  a  mystery  to  me — a  subject 
too  deep  for  me  to  fathom  or  understand — namely :  a  scar. 
city  of  money.  And  what  anade  me  so  sensible  of  it  was,  its 
being  repeated  successively,  as  it  were,  by  all  kinds  of  people 
for  three  or  four  years  together.  To  hear  people  of  so 
much  property  say  the^  bad  no  money — to  hear  this  fre- 
quently declared  by  citizens,  merchants,  farmers,  and  me< 
ehanics — to  hear  it  repeated  by  their  wives,  hired  girls, 
dauflhtors,  taitoresses,  dress  makers,  and  young  women 
working  in  factories— to  hear  this  so  often  mentioned  by  peo- 
pie  apparently  of  the  most  industrious  habits  and  sober  char, 
aoter — some  of  whom,  perhaps,  oould  earn  from  one  to  two 
dollars  per  day,  who  eould  always  have  work,  and,  as  it 
aeemed,  steadily  kept  at  it— and  to  hear  many  of  these  peo. 
pie  declare  it  with  every  mark  of  sincerity  as  religious  char< 
aotera,  hundreds  of  whom,  I  presume,  have  told  me  that  they 
had  not  a  cant  in  the  world— was  one  of  the  most  mysteridus 
things,  as  a  parson  from  Earope,  that  I  ever  knew.  In  Eng- 
land, aa  it  appeared  to  me,  most  poople  (the  poor  ezeeptM) 
bad  ^nerally  some  money  by  them,  but  In  America  even 
the  rush  were  without,  it ;  and  amidst  people  apparently  of 
the  firat  quality,  in  sonar  parts  of  the  country,  who  were  rich 
in  hoiMM,  iMid,  fiimitttrei^  dec.— whose  apartments  were 
neatly  Aimished,  papered  and  carpetod,  and  which,  for 
beauty,  oeatoasa  aira  grandeur,  equalled  many  of  the  rich  in 
England,  thara  was  no  monev.  I  have  travelled,  I  presume, 
thousand!  of  miles  by  luui  and  hundreds  by  water,  and  hence 
I  speak  experimentally  of  the  matter  in  oeneral,  and  not  con. 
Iraotedly,  of  particular  oaaea.  Nevertneleso,  I  admired  the 
aimplieity  of  a  people  who,  with  one  voice,  so  freely  acknow. 
lodged  it,  and  the  contentment  they  seemed  to  enwy  without 
it.  I  reflected  upon  the  following  words,  viz :  ^The  love  of 
money  is  the  root  of  all  evil,"  and  doubted  whether  it  could 
be  posaeased  without  loving  it,  and  being  more  or  less  cor. 
rupted  by  It;  tot,  by  observing  the  minds  and  characters  of 
many,  I  could  not  but  notice  £at  many  in  America  seemed 
more  contented  than  people  in  my  own  country  ;  and  hence 
I  concluded  that  if  naoney  eould  not  be  possessed  without 
producing  haughtinaaa,  oovetouraeaa,  peevishness  and  dis. 
oonlentmantt  it  was  a  blessing  to  live  without  it.  It  was, 
however,  a  trial  to  me  in  my  circumstances :  yet  amidst 
many  diffioultiea,  I  found  the  inhabitants  in  general,  whether 
religious  or  irreligious,  a  humane,  and,  many  of  them,  a  kind 
people.  When  I  nave  travelled  a  whole  day  with  but  little 
aucoeas,  and  found  my  body  qod  spirits  depreased  with  weari* 


-««B'i««SK«iisS«MR' 


83 


rtOM  OHIO 


neM,  I  havo  been  dltcoura^  and,  to  my  grief,  hate  oom. 
pUined  of  my  fato  in  travelling  among  people  where  richee 
•nd  porerty  wore  eo  blendeoT  together ;  (or  even  when  I 
found  persona  who  wanted  to  trade  with  me,  thia  difficulty 
waa  in  the  way.  Amoo^  auch  people  it  very  oominonly 
happened  that  aome  had  atx  or  ten  eenta  instead  of  a  ahilitng, 
and  others  had  fifteen  or  eighteen  instead  of  twenty.five. 
Yet  among  these  people,  in  the  country,  I  generally  found  a 
supply  of  my  bread  and  water ;  and  nothing  scaroely  has 
given  me  greater  satisfaction  than  the  conduct  of  some  Ame* 
ricans  who  have  so  kindly  ministered  to  my  wants  in  such 
circumstances.  Hence,  in  reference  to  some  of  thens,  I 
■cruple  not  to  say,  "  I  was  a  stranger  and  they  took  me  in. 

Whatever  was  the  cause  of  this  deficiency  amidst  all  the 
business,  trade  and  labor  in  America,  I  never  could  understand 
—whether  there  waa  too  little  cash  in  eiroulation  for  the  po« 
pulation  and  businesa  of  the  country — whether  it  was  a  urn. 
veraal  aubition  to  double  property,  and  consequently  caused 
merchants  and  men  of  business  to  withhold  all  to  purchase  a 
double  quantity  of  goods  or  land  for  speculation,  while  they 
obliged  every  mechaaic  and  laborer  to  have  so  much  weekly 
of  their  merchandise,  or  to  wait  till  they  could  pay  them— 
and  whether  this  principle  did  not  so  universally  prevail  as  to 
cause  every  mechanic  to  withhold  all  to  purchase  a  lot, 
and  another  an  additional  farm,  I  oouli!  not  tell. 

During  the  latter  part  of  President  Jackson's  admmistra. 
tion,the  United  States  Bank  was  shut  up.  Sooaetime  after 
this  period,  in  York  State,  on©  dollar,  awd,  at  a  later  period, 
three  dollar  billa  were  prohibited  ;a  their  ci-culation ;  and 
about  the  month  of  May,  1837,  aU  the  Banks  in  that  State 
refused  to  cash  any  of  their  notea  for  twelve  months  to- 
aether.  This  made  considerable  difficulty  for  that  season  i 
and,  truly,  when  the  whole  complication  of  such  causes  wer*^ 
brought  into  contact  with  each  other— when  theeflRwU  o* 
those  causes  were  felt  as  having  demanded  specie  alone  for 
land  in  the  west ;  having  removed  the  deposiu  and  shut  up 
Uie  United  States  Bank— the  neeeaaity  the  merchants  were 
under  in  such  cireumstanoes,  to  keep  all  the  cash  they  eould 

fet  to  send  to  Europe  to  purchase  goods — the  deetniotive 
rea  that  had  previously  happened  in  New  York,  &o„  dto., 
so  drained  the  country  of  oash  that  it  was  a  difficult  thing  to 
find  any.  This  pressure  gave  riae  to  the  "ahin  plaster'  aya- 
tem ;  and  hence  not  only  corporations  isnied  forth  papers  of 
fifty  and  twenty.fiTe  cents  each,  but  maDufactories,  butchera 
and  auch  people  had  recourse  to  the  same  means,  to  as  small 
SO  amount  as  sixi  if  not  three,  cents  each.  If  people  had  five 


TO  mnr  T«n. 


at 


|r  ffrier,  hate  eoin< 
opifl  where  richee 
for  even  when  I 
me,  thtf  difficulty 
t  very  oommonljr 
isteod  of  » ihilling, 
id  of  twenty-five, 
generally  found  a 
hiog  acaroely  haa 
iuct  of  aome  Aina« 
my  wanta  in  auch 
some  of  then,  I 
they  took  me  ia." 
>ncy  amidst  all  the 
ir  could  underataad 
:ulaUon  for  the  po« 
lether  it  waa  a  uoi* 
insequently  oauaed 
d  all  to  purchaae  a 
ulation,  while  they 
re  ao  much  weekly 
oould  pay  them— 
raally  prevail  aa  to 
to  purchaae  a  lot, 
Dt  tell. 

ikaon'a  adminiatra* 
).  Soaoetime  aflwr 
il,  at  a  later  period, 
ir  ci'culation;  and 
ianka  in  that  Stat* 
twelve  montha  to* 
ty  for  that  aeaaoD ; 
if  such  cauaea  werr* 
ivhan  the  efiketo  ot 
ed  specie  atone  for 
spoaiu  and  ahut  up 
le  merchanta  were 
the  caah  they  eould 
ds — the  deatmotive 
iw  York,  &o.,  dec., 
I  a  difficult  thing  to 
e  •abin  plaater*  aya< 
nied  forth  papera  of 
ufactoriea,  butchera 
a  means,  to  aa  small 
u  If  people  hadfivo 


dollar  billa  they  eould  not  ohabge  them ;  and  if  others,  on  a 
journey,  wanted  toput  up  at  a  uvem  they  knew  not  how  to 
entertain  them.  They  wanted  to  know  whether  they  had 
the  specie,  and  if  not,  they  wanted  not  their  custom. 

An  individual  was  speaking  of  a  person  whom  a  landlord 
refused  something  to  eat  through  thia  difficulty,  when  he 
generoualy  intorfered  and  engaged  to  be  accountable  for 
payment ;  and  it  was  generally  acknowledged  that  America 
iiad  never  seen  such  a  time  before.  It  is  true  that  in  conw* 
quencecf  the  labor  there  is  in  this  country,  and  the  humani. 
ty  of  the  inhabitants  towards  people  in  want,  no  individual 
need  starve ;  yet  during  the  apring  and  part  of  the  summer 
in  1837,  by  reason  of  the  crops  Being  injured  in  the  hard 
«nnter  and  spring  of  1686,  tlwre  ware  many  even  among 
favmera  who  were  hard  put  to  it.  The  wheat  and  Indian 
corii  being  injured,  there  waa  but  little  pork  alaughtered 
the  winter  following  ;  and  hence  many  farmera  themselvea, 
to  the  summer  of  1837,  wore  out  of  meat,  and  many  othera 
well  nigh  out  of  bread.  It  waa  reported  that  Judge  *****  had 
a  hundred  bushels  of  wheat,  but  ne  waa  not  willing  to  aell  it 
for  leas  than  three  hundred  dollars,  and  hence  some  person 
or  more  broke  into  his  barn  and  bore  part  of  it  away. 

But  although  I  have  glanced  at  the  prosperity  of  some  and 
the  afflictions  of  othera,  yet  I  hope  it  haa  not  been  to  tempt 
the  reader  on  the  one  hand,  nor  diacourage  him  on  the  other. 
Nor  would-I  forget  to  recall  hia  attention  to  more  permanent 
blessings  by  saying,  provide  for  youreelf  bags  which  wax  not 
old — a  treasure  in  heaven  where  no  thief  approacheth  nor 
morth  corrupleth ;  for  where  your  treasure  ia  thare  will  your 
heart  be  alao. 

htKUtut,  March  39,  1837. 


^f^  fVM  000 

^  No.  VII. 

TK$  eotUratt  htlunen  Eastern  emd  Wettem  StaUt.^PnUt- 
fulneai  and  barrtnmu  ofdifmrtnt  loils.-^Lai^e  wagtt  of 
tome  and  tmall  aarningt  ofolker$,  fe.  4^.,  mAa  it  difi. 
euli  to  giv«  otki>r  nation$  a  correct  idea  of  the  eomtrt/.-— 
Yet  notwitkttanding  the  comtratt  between  the  amount  of  bu. 
eineet  and  icarceneae  of  caeh,  iom»  individual*  can  get 
money,  probably,  aefatt  in  America  aa  in  any  other  part  of 
the  work.— -Many  laboring  men  from  England  haoe  risen 
out  of  their  poverty  and  become  rich,  tfC, — R^ecUom, 

From  the  preceding  number  it  may  be  «e«n  that  monay  !• 
not  »o  plentiful  u  some  people,  from  various  injudicious  re. 
ports,  hsTe  been  led  to  imagine  ;  nor  indeed  ia  it  poesible  to 
give  people,  either  in  Europe  or  America,  a  correct  idea  of 
all  parts  of  the  country ;  for,  considering  the  vast  contrast 
there  is  between  the  eastern  and  we«em  StatM— 4h«  fruitftil- 
aess  and  barrenness  of  ihc  different  soils— <^  the  wages  that 
■ome  f;eople  can  obtain,  and  the  Kttle  earnings  of  others— the 
sumptoousness,  vanity  and  refinements,  in  some  partieolara, 
in  the  east,  and  the  plainness  and  deprivations  of  the  west — 
the  raiJiture  and  sad  want  of  uniformity  in  manners  between 
the  wpthy  American  who  characlerixos  iiia  country  for 
cleanliness,  plainness,  simplicity,  industry,  and  the  loose  man. 
oers,  abruptness  mad  uncourtoousneesof  many— among  socft 
a  mixture  of  '•'jaracters,  customs  and  contrast  in  c«roum. 
•tanoes,  I  would  aay  it  is  iroposmble  to  give  people  a  just  idea 
of  ail  parts  of  the  country. 

Yet,  notwithstanding  the  contrast  between  the  amount  of 

business  and  scarceness  dC  cash,  it  is  possible  that  m€n  of  labor 

and  mechanics  can  get  sufficient  employment  and  good  wages 

every  where,  and  that  some  men  can  find  cash  as  plenuful 

as  in  any  part  of  Europe.   Among  such  men  are  large  grow. 

ers  of  wheat.     Being  on  a  trading  excursion  in  the  summer, 

I  came  to  a  place  where  a  number  of  men  were  buildmg  a 

house,  and,  according  to  custom,  (as  with  one  voice)  they 

frankly  acknowledged  that  they  had  no  money,  but  they  m- 

formed  me  that  the  proprietor  of  the  building  (Farmer 

Coombs,  aa  I  shall  apeak  of  him,)  had  plenty,  and  that  ho 

was  a  liberal-minded  man.     Sometime  afterwards  1  met  hun 

walking  towards  the  new  building,  and,  being  on  a  jonmoy 

for  that  purpose,  I  would  have  traded  with  him,  but  I  ooriW 

not  learn  that  he  had  more  than  his  na«ri,  or  any  more  than  a 

poor  man  in  England.    A  short  time  afterwards  I  entered 

hiii  plain  habitation— «n  old  log  hmue,  lo  this  humble  dwelU 


I 


i 


lent  StaUt.—FntU' 
'm. — Larg«  taagtt  of 
e.  4^.|  makt  U  d^ 
a  of  the  coimlry>— - 
en  ike  amount  of  hu- 
individuals  can  get 
in  any  olker  pari  of 
England  have  titf 
re.—R^UeUom. 

i  Man  that  money  k 
irioua  injiidieioua  re« 
ideed  is  it  poaiibl*  to 
loa,  a  correct  idea  of 
ing  thevaat  cootraat 
I  States— (be  rruitfbl. 
Is — t^Hne  wages  that 
rnings  of  others — the 
in  sooM  partieolare, 
vations  of  the  west— 
in  manners  betweea 
IMS  liis  country  for 
y,  and  the  loose  man. 
f  many — aowng  such 
contrast  in  e«ream> 
[tve  people  a  just  idea 


itween  the  amount  of 
isible  that  m€n  oflabor 
'ment  and  good  wa^ee 
find  cash  as  plenuful 
1  men  are  large  grow, 
iuraion  in  the  summer, 
r  men  were  building  a 

with  one  voice)  they 
0  moneyi  but  they  in. 
ho  building  (Farmer 
d  plenty,  ud  that  he 
9  afldrwards  I  met  hint 
d,  being  on  a  joumoy 

with  him,  but  I  oo'ild 
an,  or  any  more  than  a 
e  afterwards  I  eutered 

la  this  humblft  dwelU 


TO  raw  TOII. 


SO 


log  there  was  probably  a  worthy  family  for  plainness,  lodus. 
try,  ^Ct  but  a  people  who  haa  nothing,  as  it  might  seem* 
before  hand.  Such  was  the  appearance  of  things  to  a  stran* 
ger ;  but  it  was  undoubtedly  in  appeftrunce  only  ;  for  this 
■MB,  notwithstanding  the  rearcitT  in  1886,  (as  belore  men. 
tiooed)  had  wheat  enough  to  make  him  nearly  ton  thousand 
do)lar»— a  sum  rarely  equalled  for  one  article  by  any  farmer 
in  Orsat  Britain  or  elsewhere.  I  mentioned  this  in  company 
aAerwards,  and,  as  a  foot,  it  was  doubled  ;  and,  bence,  when 

•o  opportunity  presented  itself,  I  stepped  into  the  mill  at , 

whare  I  had  a  finieod,  who  informed  me  that  he  must  have 
broai^t  whe«t  into  that  mill  to  the  amount  of  more  than  nine 
thoosand  ddkrs,  which,  aoeording  to  my  calculation,  is  up- 

,  vmrdsof  two  thousand  pounds  starbdi^  A  rare  sum  this  for  a 
dajrie  article  of  grain  for  one  year  to  a  ooromoo  farmer.  la 
•dditkm  to  this  sum,  I  was  informed  that  this  man  had  sold  a 
fiurm,  (probably  three  yeaia  previous  to  that  time,)  about 
three  hoodred  and  2<^  aeres  more  or  less,  at  forty-uve  dol- 
kr»  par  aere,  whi«h,  m  the  amount,  must  be  between  fifteen 
Md  sixteen  thousand  dollars,  or,  to.  least,  three  thousand  five 
huodred  pounds  sterling.  Nor  ia  it  an  uncommon  thing,  ia 
soow  parttof  the  country,  for  a  farmer  to  raise  a  thousand 
kusbais  of  wheat,  which,  aa  this  kind  of  graio  haa  been  sell. 
iam  lately,  is  exclusively  afDod  compenaatioa  for  the  labora 

ofia  aMo  and  boy  for  a  season.    Bin.  P ,  a  ooomen 

Aomar's  wife,  told  me  thai  they  (meaning  her  huaband  and 
one  or  more  io  the  iaouly,)  should  have  about  fourteen  buo> 
died  buabels  aa  one  year'a  preduee.    And  when  passing 

,««k>Bg  the  eountry,  I  aakad  a  fonner  what  might  be  the 
aueuat  of  one  year's  produoe  irom  a  boadred  acres  of  land, 
to  wUoh  he  replied,  ••  •  thouaand  doUars."  If  this  waa  a  just 
w«iw*«»,  I  suppose  that  anob  a  one  migbt  maintain  a  tdera. 
Ue  large  fonwy,  under  sooh  circtmistancet^  with  half  that 
•am,  and  keep  the  other  half  for  future  purposes ;  and  if  this 

.  waa  perpetuated  for  tea  years  successively,  it  would  put  a 
rWng  foioily,  with  Ood'a  blessing,  into  good  circumstances, 
•nd  M  a  good  oompenaatioo  for  labor. 

Many  hboring  men  firon  England,  bv  coming  to  America, 
have  risen  out  of  their  poverty  and  become  rich.  They 
have  been  enabiedio  provide  for  their  families,  and  left  them 
at  their  departure  in  comfortable  circumstances.  Others 
have  found  plenty  of  kibor,  and  had  opportunitiea  of  putting 
their  chiMr«i  to  respectable  trades,  which  they  could  not 
have  done  in  their  nativA  oountry ;  and  when  a  parent  has 
boon  takm  awav,  the  surviving  one  haa  found  means  of  put. 
ting  them  into  i£ffi»«DtftuniliM ;  where  they  have  been  well 


fiM  ono 


•dmrnhNl.  relif  iottihr  ininti  up,  tad,  ta  m«ny  iMttnoti, 
have  b«eo  uiwd  wJlh  m  much  or  mor«  tand«ni«M  (han  by 
llMir  oirn  paranu.  Huroanuy  ia  a  oooapiououa  eharadar. 
ilkie  oftba  Amarioana;  and  many  orphana  adoplad  or  takao 
ie  by  luoh  pBople,  have,  through  thoir  atianjoa  aod  ktndnaaa, 
boconM  uaaftil  and  hoDorabta  mambara  of  Miciaty.  Soma 
othara,  w«  may  auppoae,  haw  left  their  mud  walled  ooUagaa 
in  Bagland  avid  erected  their  log  cabina  in  the  wooda  u  Ame- 
rica,  Sll,  by  induetry,  thef  hare  clearwl  thirty,  forty,  or 
tiaarly  a  hondred  aarea  ofrbh  land,  where  they  have  ipaot 
their  daya  in  paaca,  and,  in  a  aeiMe  ipeakidg,  lodBpandeol 
of  all  men.  One  man,  within  the  airola  of  my  own  know- 
ledge, (and  there  are  probably  hundrwfa  io  America,)  ao  lo- 
cated himaelfaa  to  pteoa  aii  or  aavan  aona  in  diflbreot  ferma 
round  aboirt  him— ao  arranced  them  aa  to  beta  a  neighoor- 
hood— a  litUe  geoeralioe  of  hie  own  nnaWf  or  a  great  Umi 
of  laad  oooupiwl  by  bia  own  ptogaajr. 

Hut  when  pec»ie  riae  out  of  their  poverty  and  became 
rich,  they  too  oAen  imbibe  such  an  avarioioua  apirtt  thai 
they  ara  never  aatiaAad.  lljoh,  too,  often  wanM  more.  Pioa- 
perity  aeema  to  inereaae  the  4eairaa  of  men  till  they  are  aa 
beuadleaa  aa  the  aae.    Tbev  have  much  pouring  in  upon 
them,  and  yet  tJiey  are  graiping  at  man.    Hence  they  will 
alwayi  be  parehaeic«.  aad  alwaya  in  debt.    They  eannol 
enjoy  what  tbey  bate,  though  eeoogh,  becauae  they  want 
more.    Whan  they  baire  eae  aeMe  of  geod  rieb  huid,  tbey 
will  purchaee  another— run  in  debt  for  it— piaoli  and  deprive 
tfaemeelvee  of  many  oooltftt,  end  kbor,  daria|(  tbdr  term 
oi  life,  to  get  oat  of  the  •abamMmeme  Ibey  ere  nvolved  in, 
inatead  oTenjoyitw  the  biewinja  of  Drovideoee  tbey  ha«  pie- 
vioualy  innoaaeaMon.    I  lama'ned  for  the  night  at  the  hogee 
of  a  friond,  wbo  in  tbe  moming  apeke  of  •  fiunily  on  my 
way  where  I  had  at  ooeaainato  call,  whom  ahe  auppoaad  to 
be  toleraMy  rieb(  but  wUU  I  wm  there,  the  good  lady  of 
the  houae  intimated  that  her  huabend  waa  in  debt,  and 
during  my  atay,  I  learned  that  he  waa  owing  aomething  like 
three  thouaandddlara.    The  foot  waa,  tUa  aucceed\il  nan 
had  a  good  Dam,  and  be  puF^eaed  another  before  he  oould 
pay  for  it;  ao  thia  aeemed  to  engage  their  attention  till  ^ 
for  aa  if  tb^  had  joat  bagim  in  the  wooda.     And  it  w  ao 
common  a  eaae  in  Aafwrksa.  thia  aa  aoon  aa  aoma  people  are 
out  ofd^  and  have  a  little  RMHiey  to  depoait,  they  will  make 
another  purchaee,  and  keep  repeating  it  tUl  tbey  are  bewa- 
dered  in  tbe  midat  of  their  ' 


But  ia  it  true  that  money  (o  mentioned  page  81)  muat  be 
loved  by  iti  poweewfi,  aod  noie  or  lea*  oorrapt  tbe  hevtoT 


TO  iitw  rotK. 


tanikrfMMM  than  by 
MpiouoiM  oitanKMir. 
UM  xloplfld  or  tduHi 
l«n  JOQ  Bad  kindoMa, 
I  of  lodety.  SonM 
mud  wallod  ooUagM 
ID  Um  wood*  io  AntM- 
r*d  thirty,  forty,  or 
Mra  thay  have  8|>Mt 
|>aakiag,  IndofMndaQt 
th  of  my  owB  know- 
I  io  Anwrioa,)  ao  io- 
Mia  in  diflarwt  farnu 
t  to  bav*  a  neigtibor- 
UM,  or  a  great  ln»t 

K)T«rty  «o4  beoome 
avarioioua  apirit  thai 
10  wanla  more.  Proa- 
r  mao  till  thoy  ara  aa 
lueh  pouriof  in  upon 
n.    Hence  tliey  will 

(tebt.    They  eamrat 
I,  kecauaa  they  want 

good  rieh  lead,  they 
it  piaeli  and  «hiprive 
bor,  daring  tkeif  tarai 
■  IbayereiaToivedin, 
fvidaiiw  tliey  M  pra- 
the  night  at  tb«  hooae 
n  of  •  fhmiiy  on  my 
ehon  ahe  auf»oaad  to 
here,  the  good  lady  of 
id  waa  in  debt,  and 
owing  aomethiog  like 
•,  thia  aucoeaaAilmnn 
tother  before  he  oould 
their  altantioQ  till  ^aid 

wooda.  And  it  »  ao 
ion  aa  aoma  people  are 
iapoait,  they  will  make 

it  till  thay  are  bewil- 

ned  page  81)  moat  be 
aa  oormpt  the  heart  of 


iffry'  ioMi  who  ia  pot  b  pooaeanioo  of  it,  and  finally  extiii- 
guiih  in  othara  the  laat  apark  of  love  to  God  and  man  f  la 
It  fmpoaaibie  for  the  rich  to  nnter  into  the  kingdom  of  God  f 
Thera  ie  oartamly  great  dangnr  of  tb«ir  being  <hut  out,  from 
our  Ijord's  worth ;  aa,  "  Woe  untu  the  rich  !"  "  it  it  eaaier 
for  a  camel  to  enter  through  the  eye  of  a  needle,  thun  for  a 
rich  man  to  aniar  into  the  kingdwn  of  heaven :"  and  thera 
wanla  a  proportionable  degree  of  caution  and  means  using  to 
nrerent  the  corrupting  mllu«ica  of  riches  on  the  human 
heart.  Money  being  the  medium  through  whit'h  we  receive 
and  can  purehaaa  every  temporal  bkiaaiog,  it  cnpacitatea 
people  to  gratify  every  appetite,  nm  the  whole  lengtA  of  dia- 
xipation,  and  keep  any  company.  The  poor,  who  are  de- 
pendent on  them,  erouch  down  wkh  fear,  and  honor  them ; 
and  when  peopfo  ean  indulge  themaetvea  in  everything,  bo 
where  they  like,  and  keep  any  oompany^ — when  their  inAr- 
riore  honor  and  flatter  thwn,  and  theY  have  no  adversity  or 
ainkstion  aa  a  eoanterpoiae  to  inroapenty,  they  too  oden  give 
way  to  audi  vanity  and  aelf>induigeaee  aa  deetro3ra  thcjin. 
Henoe,  uaifor  aueh  cireumaianoaa,  we  should  be  cartful 
to  preveDt  tbair  corrupting  infloeaoe  upon  us,  leat  they 
ahottld  prove  an  insurmountable  hitrrter  to  our  eoteiiog  into 
tin  ktBgdon  oflMaveD. 

Neverthatoei^  it  eannot  be  tkal  ridies  must  inevitably 
rain  Mir  oM.  No.  This  will  appear  elear  by  considoHng, 
Pint,  thai  ntMy  (aa  well  aa  ether  things)  was  created  by 
Ghid  himeeif,  Md  wMnh  k  pvovkteatklly  made  the  medhim 
orreeaMnf  ■'I  ^"'"P^'*'  Meatiaga;  Beeoedly.  tliis  being  the 
oa^  nedium  throMh  whieb  oar  wmm  are  aupplied,  no  roan 
ean  Uve  wMioul  tna  i»e  of  it  either  by  himaelf  or  others. 
Mary,  Joanna,  and  nthere,  miaklMed  to  oar  Lord  of  their 
aubatance.  Aad,  Thirdly,  ao«M  iadlvidaala,  aa  Abraham, 
Job,  aad  ZacebeuB,  have  bebd  rich,  and  yet  some  of  tho  moat 
piooa  aad  beat  of  men.  Bat  aot  without  gaining  them 
boneatly,  and  uaing  them  to  good  porpoaea  afterwards ;  for 
"th^  tMt  will  be  rieh,  (M  all  events)  Ml  into  temptation  and 
a  anare,  and  ioto  many  fodiah  and  hurtful  lusts,  which  drown 
men  in  deatraetk>n  and  perditkm."  1  Tim.  ri.  0.  Hence 
the  love  of  money,  which  ie  called  the  root  v<f  all  evil,  muat 
be  Boarded  agaioBt  by  the  puraat  aad  beat  of  people,  or  ebo 
it  will  finallyeiak  and  elctnally  ruin  them ;  and  people  who 
are  euoeaMful  in  all  their  undertaking^  should  take  timely 
eare  to  counteract  this  avaricious  principle,  or  else,  like  for* 
nieatkm  or  any  otbor  deadly  sio,  it  will  at  length  pierce  them 
thioogh  with  many  aoriowa. 


noH  oaio 


Are  you  a  man  of  gpeculation,  reader — a  trader  in  houiea 
and  land— a  man  of  proaperity,  and  trying  to  add  house  to 
house  and  field  to  field  1   Are  you  anxious  to  get  rich  ?  Have 
you  an  estate  or  two  in  possession  already,  and  still  riainf 
early  and  late  taking  rest  to  gain  more?    If  so,  how  niuclk 
would  you  wish  to  have?    Is  it.the  good  of  your  children 
only  that  you  are  seeking,  or  are  you  anxious  lo  make  them 
rich,  without  regard  to  consequences?    Stop,  and  consider ! 
Pause  for  a  moment,  and  ask  your  better  judgment  what  is 
best  for  them.    Ill  gotten  and  unsanctified  wealth,  perhaps, 
has  ruined  many.     Give  a  boy  ten  thousand  dollars,  and  he 
is  too  rich  to  begin  to  creep,  and  walk,  and  use  the  caution  of 
the  poor  man's  son ;  but  by  beginning  on  a  large  8cale,with. 
out  either  caution,  experience,  or  acuteness,  to  get  more,  he 
iometimes  loses  all,  and  becomes  worse  than  others.    Hence, 
study  their  safety  by  plainness  and  bringing  them  down  rathev 
than  raising  them  to.  an  unprotected  elevation  in  their  vain 
popularity  and  aggrandizement.    To  be  too  anxious  to  save 
a  fortune  for  them— to  give  them  a  polite  education  and  send 
them  to  the  dancing  school  to  accomi^lish  them— to  take  oqa 
stsp  aAer  another  to  elevate  them  in  the  world  without  auffi* 
cient  merit  in  themselves  to  remain  there— to  introduce  ihem 
into  the  higheat  circles  in  society  by  nuiking,  physicians  on 
lawyers  of  them,  or  raising  thein  above  what  they  are  apali- 
fied  for,  may  prove  fatal  by  finally  d^rading  instead  of,l«ad> 
ing  them  to  honor.    How  much  beuar  is  the  character  of  ^ 
pious  and  humble  mechanic  thap  a  prou4  aad  diacontea^ 
nch  man*  wiUi  all  the  honocathalcan  be  coofenced  oponhiin ! 
It  is  better,  reader,  to  leave  your  children  in  circumstaoeea 
suited  to  their  capaflity.,thaD  19  laise  them  above  whatth^y 
are  fit  for  and  bring  them  to  poverty.    Ohsei:ve,  that  thar* 
is  the  blessing  or  curse  of  the  Lord  which  yw  may  bring 
upon  them.    Saul  foTiinited  his  kiogdom,  and  Jonathan  als« 
suflered  in  the  battle.    The  families  of  Jeroboam  and  Ahab 
were  disinherited  and  cutoff :  and  tho  leprosy  of  Naaman  waf 
denounced  against  Q«hazi  aivihi*  *<^^  **'  o'^r*    Henee,  it 
appears  that  we  may  not  only  bring  a  curse  upon  ourselves, 
but,  in  a  temporal  point  of  view,  upon  our  posterity  also,  and 
which  may  remain  for  generations  afterward.    Apd  are  you 
not  convinced  that  you  nwy  imbibe  such  a  spirit  of  covetous* 
noss  that  nothing  but  bringing  you  and  your  children  to  the 
most  abject  poverty  can  atone  for?   No  repentance  or  sacri- 
fica,  probably,  can  be  accep^d  without  this— that  is,  to  some 
people  and  in  some  eases.    And  is  it  not  probable,  in  some 
other  cases,  that  want  of  pr<»perity,  extreme  poverty,  afflic- 
tion, &c.  are  occasioned  by  a  frowning  providence  for  pride, 


r*- 


Icr — &  trader  in  houiet 
trying  to  add  house  to 
ious  to  get  rich  ?  Have 
ready,  and  still  rising 
>re7    If  soi  bow  niucb 
good  of  your  children 
anxious  lo  make  them 
?    Stop,  and  consider ! 
Dtter  judgment  what  is 
ctified  woalth,  perhaps, 
lousand  dollars,  and  he 
;,  and  use  the  caution  of 
;  on  a  large  scale,with> 
iteness,  to  get  more,  he 
se  than  others.    Hence, 
Qging  them  down  rathey 
elevation  in  their  vain 
I  be  too  ao^us  to  save 
olite  eduogtioa  and  send 
plish  Ihem^— to  take  oqo 
the  world  without  suffi. 
lerc— to  introduce  them 
y  making,  physiciaos  of 
ove  whav  they  are  aindi- 
grading  instead  of,  I<^i^. 
Jier  is  the  character  of  q 
proud  and  diacont^aM 
i  be  coofenced  oponhim  I 
ildren  in  circumstaoeea 
)  them  above  what  ih^y 
f.    Ohaei:ve»  that  thers 
I  which  yw  may, bring 
;dom,  and  Jonathan  aljM 
of  Jeroboam  and  Ahsb 
}  leprosy  of  Naaman  was 
)ed  for  ever.    Hence,  it 
a  curse  upon  ourselves, 
n  our  posterity  also,  and 
it^rward..    And  are  you 
such  a  spirit  of  covetous* 
u>d  your  children  to  the 
No  repentance  or  sacri- 
tout  this— that  is,  to  soma 
it  not  probable,  in  aome 
,  extreme  poverty,  afflic< 
ing  providence  for  pride, 


TO  mtW  TOBK.  li 

'oppression,  fnjustice,  and  other  sins  formerly  committed  an;) 
still  unrepented  of? 

Wonld  you  wish,  then,  to  leave  a  blessing  upon  your  pro« 
perty  after  you  f    If  so,  permit  me  to  drop  a  few  words  for 
your  serious  consideration  on  this  subject.    First,  beware 
now  you  get  your  riches.     "  Wealth  gotten  by  vanity,"  sailh 
Solomon,  "  shall  be  diminishod  ;  but  he  that  gathereth  by  la* 
bor,  shall  increase."     Prov.xiii.il.     Some  people  withhold 
the  laborer's  hire,  others  rob  the  fhthorlcss,  oppress  the  poor, 
or  obtain  their  wealth  by  dishonest  means.     Beware  how  you 
follow  such  examples,  and  see  that  you  never  purchase 
riches  in  so  wicked  and  dishonorable  a  manner.     Avoid  all 
intriguing,  tricking,  and  gambling — nil  over-reaching,  cun> 
Ding,  and   unjust    measures — 4ill  usury,    bad  money,  &c. 
Secondly,  devote  what  you  have  to  wise  and  judicious  pur* 
poses.     Many  people  get  a  deal  of  money  and  lavish  it  away 
npon  useless  objects.    They  do  not  consider  that  their  money 
(as  well  as  their  time  and  every  other  talent)  is  a  precious 
gifl  of  God,  which  ought  to  be  used  prudently  for  their  owlk 
use  and  the  benefit  of  others.    Thirdly,  devote  a  portion  of 
your  income,  es  an  expression  of  gratitude,  in  a  free.will  of* 
fering  to  the  Lord.    "Jacob  vowed  a  vow,  saying,  If  God 
will  be  with  me,  and  T7ill  keep  me  in  this  way  that  I  go,  and 
will  givb  me  bread  to  oat,  and  raiment  lo  put  on,  so  that  I 
come  as^in  to  my  father's  house  in  peace;  then  shallthe  Lord 
be  my  God :  And  this  ctone  which  I  have  set  un  for  a  pillar, 
riiall  be  God^s  house;  and  of  all  that  thou  shtilt  give  me,  I 
will  surely  give  the  tenth  unto  tlwe."  Gen.  xxviii.  20— >22. 
Zaccheua  still  moio  liberally  declared  that  he  gave  half  his 
goods  to  feed  the  poor.    Follow  these  worthy  examples, 
reader,  and  present  your  cfibringo  to  God  by  faith  in  Christ 
Jesus,  and  you  will  find  them  to !»  a  blessing  to  thyself  and  to 
thy  children  after  thee. 

In  condusion,  remember  that  it  is  your  duty  to  labor  and 
gain  by  honest  means  all  you  can.  This  is  not  wrong;  God 
una  given  you  this  privilege ;  nay,  hd  hath  called  you  to  do 
BO — 10  do  what  he  hath  called  you  to  with  all  your  might. 
But  then  let  it  be  to  minister  to  others  of  your  abundancs, 
seeing  there  are  so  many  in  the  huhian  family  who  have  not 
a  capacity  to  help  themselves.  And  is  it  not  more  honora- 
ble to  administer  to  others;  more  biased  to  give  than  to  rS« 
coive?  Let  thy  abundance,  therefore,  be  liberally  diffused 
afnong  the  poor,  the  afflicted ;  to  the  stranger  ahd  the  father- 
less ;  and  cause  the  widow's  heart  to  sing  for  joy — "  And  I 
SiQructo  TOfi,ins]M}  to  To.urselTC8  frirads  of  thej  sniupunou  pf 


■IWEii- 


FHOM  OEitO 


unrighteousness ;  that  when  ye  Tail,  they  may  receire  you 
into  everlasting  habitations."  Luke  xvi.  9. 


Hast  thou'  not  tried  the  earthly  1 — B*f, 
Are  not  its  pleesarct  for  a  day  ? 
Its  splendors  vanishinff  away  f 

O,  try  the  Lord  andprove  him ! 
Ho  veils  his  face,  but  not  in  wrath ; 
No  eye  hath  seen  the  glorious  path, 
The  things  thy  HesTenly  Father  hath 

Prepared  for  those  that  lore  him ! 

Let  earthly  thingt  arrest  thee  not" 
There  is  above  a  brighter  spot, 
And  power  to  gain  that  blessed  lot 

To  thee  is  freely  given. 
Seek  not  on  eartli  th^  Paradise : 
Its  hopes  are  vain — its  friendship  fliei ; 
And  O  !  for  thee  prepared  there  is 

A  Paradise  in  heaven ! 


INO.   VIII. 

SomepUuen,  at  retired  eovnfry  rituationt,(ipparently  adtantageoua 

ana  more  deiirable  than  other$,  4^. — fikrnie  neighborhoods  arid 

some  individuals  more  conspicuous  for  kindness,  hespitality,  <)«. 

'     —A  ijiecimsn  of  American  jMnness,  humanity,  4^.  tn  (Ae  reh- 

■     gious  character,  family,  and  country  life  of  Mr.  Trvman,  (so 

.   called)— 'God's  regard  for  the  poor,  and  an  anecdote  of  apoer 

butpitms  man  in  lEngland—iteflections, 

Although  happineM  is  not  confined  ezcluaively  to  the 
apartnaenta  of  the  rich,  nor  wretchedness  found  only  in  the 
habitationa  of  the  poor ;  although  virtue  may  be  found  in  the 
crowd  and  vice  in  the  desert's  waste ;  and  although  there  is 
no  place  so  retired  as  to  secure  our  happiness,  nor  any  em* 
ployment  without  guilt  that  can  make  ua  miserable :  yet,  in 
passing  through  a  country  where  there  are  such  a  diversity  of 
situations,  there  seem  to  be  some  places  which  would  be  ad- 
vantageous  to  live  in,  and  some  people's  lots  much  prefers- 
ble  to  others.  The  situations  I  have  reference  to,  are  those 
plain,  solitary,  yet  pleasant  habitations  we  sometimes  see  in 
the  countnr,  and  the  people  who  inhabit  them  are  those  who 
neither  indulge  themselves  in  luxuries,  nor  lack  the  necessa^ 
ries  of  life— a  people  whose  care  it  is  to  resign  themselves 
to  tho  order  of  providence,  and  devote  themselves  to  prayer 


TO  NEW  TOHt. 


41 


I  they  may  receive  you 
xvi.  9. 


Jyt— My, 
lay? 

him! 
wrath; 
IS  path, 
tber  hath 
Te  him ! 

!•  not— 

ot, 

■•dlot 

life: 

dsbip  flies ; 
beieia 


u,0pparently  adtantageoua 
—Sme  neighborhoods  and 
tr  kmdneis,  hospUalUtf,  ^, 
kumanitv,  ^.  in  tha  reH- 
yWeaf  Mr.  TVtMian,  {to 
ma  ofi  anecdote  of  afoer 
one, 

fined  excluaively  to  the 
edness  found  only  in  the 
iftue  may  be  found  in  the 
I ;  and  although  there  is 
r  happineaa,  nor  any  em* 
ke  us  miaerable :  yet,  in 
ite  are  auch  a  diversity  of 
ices  which  would  be  ad- 
pie's  lots  much  prefera- 
e  reference  to,  are  those 
OB  we  sometimes  see  in 
labit  them  are  those  who 
es,  nor  lack  the  necessa* 
is  to  resign  themselves 
'ote  themselves  to  prayer 


and  praise — wlio  tabor  to  avoid  a  conformity  to  the  spirit  and 
manners  uf  the  world  that  they  may  slumber  in  peace,  and 
that,  afler  the  troubles  and  afflictions  of  life,  they  may  find 
health  and  happiness  in  heaven.  Such  |>eople  appear  free 
from  painful  anxiety  either  through  fear  or  ambition;  are  at 
an  equal  distance  between  poverty  and  riches ,  and,  in  gen<> 
ral,  perhaps  enjoy  as  much  peace  as  any  people  on  earth. 

io  passing  through  the  country,  I  found  some  neighbor* 
hoods  and  some  individuals  who  were  more  conspicuous  than 
others  for  kindness,  hospitality,  &c.  Some  would  eniertaia 
ft  stranger  without  any  hesitation— others  would  do  it,  but  re* 
luctantly;  but  some  would  not  do  it  at  all.  Some  people** 
oearts  and  doors  were  open  to  a  Ibreigner,  biit  at  others 
there  was  an  insurmountable  barrier — no  room  within,  or,  us 
it  werot  a  lion  in  the  way.  When  passing  through  a  neigh- 
borhood about  fitly  miles  south  of  the  canal,  I  called  at  a  re* 
Sectable  farmer's  house,  whose  inmates  with  courteous  and 
ristian.liHe  behavior,  bade  me  welcome — a  secoad  let  me 
,  if^t  at  Dooo-f-and  another  shewed  po  mark  of  reluctance  to 
;  niy  remaining  for  the  night.  The  latter  was  the  plain  cot- 
ti^  of  ]V|r.  Truman,  as  1  shall  call  him,  and  whom  I  shatf 
•peak  ot  a  little  further  at  large. 

Being  oCi  a  trading  exeuraioa,  and  late  in  the  day,  I  asked 
the  privilege  of  Mrs.  T.  to  tarry  for,  the  night,  and  she.  made 
.  no  heidta4on. .  Their  plain  habitation  was  pi  ^bably  a  log 
house.  In  this  retired  spot,  however,  there  were  peace  and 
(lenty,.  kindn^s  and  gentleness,  andji  manifestatkm  of  good 
xiiature  equal  tp.  my  wants.  Here  was  nothing  apparently 
aupeifluoMs,  nor  any  thing  wanting ;  nothing  fine,  foppish, 
ot  «ilravagant;  no  useless  ornaments  or  expensive  fumi* 
ttir^.to :<deeor«te  the  hiimble  rpa,aiic»i :  nor  did  there  appear 
any  pride,  contention,  or  discontentment ;  no  corroding 
cares  or  distrust  in  the  gracious  providence  that  had  /litherto 
blessed  them.  No  peevisbnew,  raurmurings,  or  unthankful. 
ness.  Nothing  but  what  was  simple  and  unaffected — a  sim- 
pU«i(y.  9f  nftHBeni  untarnished  bjr  fermalityt  eompliment,  or 
oorenwtay.  Meantime,  there  was  nothing  contrary  to  clean* 
linMS,  dftoencgr^  and  modes^ ;  no  low  expresaioo,  vulgar  «r 
profiute  inngua^t  *'  ChariUf  bekaveth  iUelf  not  laMmigJ* 
And«U  of  oAft  mind ;  there  was  no  discord,  no  opposittont 
JBO  di^MOliaf  Voice.  United  iii  afiiMMon:  as  parents  add  obil* 
drea,  and  ansttiiuetlitg  a  (tarMtal  tHdwusss  on  one  aide,  aitd 
a  filial  subnisBiOB  on  tha  other,  they  could  hamomiotislf 
unite  tbalr  stsOngth  together,  and  dn«r  as  in  an  oveb  yoke. 
Stimulatsd  by  pareatal  bve  to  provide  every  thing  th^ 
would  make  theu  family  and  household  happy,  and  the  chil« 

4* 


43 


FROM  OHIO 


dren,  ns  far  bs  I  could  see,  being  aflectionale  and  peaceablo 

'  towards  each  other,  there  waa  an  unbroken  thread  of  har- 

•  monv. 

We  will  suppose  that  Mr.  Truman  was  a  son  of  Abraham, 

•■  because  he  partook  of  the  same  spirit  and  did  the  same 
works.*  He  entertained  stranger*.     He  was  probably  a 

■kinsman  of  the  pilgrims,  who,  for  the  sake  of  religion,  fled  to 
America  many  years  ago.   Being  more  or  Urn  wearied  with 

;  my  journey,  and  desiroas  of  restoring  my  exhausted  strength 
by  a  little  rest,  as  soon  as  an  opportunity  presented  itself,  t 
asked  the  privilege  to  retir*  My  request,  though  not  sup. 
per  timb,  was  immediately  ^ranted.  A  door  was  opened 
into  a  room  where  there  were  two  beds — in  an  adjoining 
apartment  there  were  two  beds  more ;  and  whether  those 

•two  peaceful  rooms  on  the  ground  floor  were  made  by  a 

'loaning  shantee  or  not  I  cumot  tell.     Howbeit,  the  house 

-  was  so  small  that  tha  beds  fitted  the  rooms ;  the  roof  or  floor 
above  were  as  low  as  an  humble  mind  could  wish  them  to  be, 
and  although  there  wm  not  a  foot  to  spare  ibr  any  other  ftn*' 

'nituie,  or  room  probably  to  open  the  doors  without  grating 
agaii  nt  the  beds,  the  floor  or  ceiling-,  yet  both  rooms  and  6xT- 
niture  were  iean  and  sweet  as  the  morning  ■ir.  In  itie 
evening  (if  I  remember  right)  they  asked  me  to  join  them  m 
prayer,  and  thu8  mutually  commend  each  other  to  God  and 
the  protection  of  his  proridenee.  At  bed-time  the  mod  man 
waited  upon  me,  to  supply  any  lack  for  my  comfort  ull  mom* 
hig.     Being  grateful  for  his  kindness  to  me  as  a  stranger, 

•and  reflecting  upon  the  happy  circumstances  in  whwh  he 
was  placed,  I  reminded  him  of  it  by  observing,  "  You  aro 

'tfie  happy  man,  if  you  can  but  think  so,"  when  he  if}«effeet 
-replied,  "  We  will  be  contented."    Hence,  afler  making  me 
OS  comfortable  as  he  oould,  he  left  me  for  the  night  to  my 
quiet  repose.    And,  truly,  I  may  say, 

Sweet  were  the  comfoits  of  thtt  pesceftil  cot.    ' 

Such  is  the  situation  of  a  eountrvlife,  which,  from  its 
-quietness,  is  partially  a  life  of  tranquillity  ond  peaue.  it«- 
mote  from  the  ehunon  of  the  oity,  and  the  dissipation  oceo* 
sioned  by  a  crowded  population;  untainted  with  pride  eon- 
.tracted  by  associating  with  peopl*"  in  fashionable  life ;  distant 
from  the  vanities,  the  temptations,  and  the  foolish  (ashiuns  Of 
She  multitude ;  not  vexed  with  the  filthy  conversation  of 
wkked  and  profane  men,  independent  of  the  rich,  nor  under 
juxy  obligation  to  submit  to  useless  ceremoniee;  having  lio 
painful. emotiona  from  slander  by  the  intruding  gossip  wboi* 


ctionale  and  peaceablo 
ibroken  thread  of  har- 

woB  a  son  of  Abraham, 
irit  and  did  the  same 

He  was  probably  a 
sake  of  religion,  fled  to 
•re  or  km  wearied  with 
my  exhausted  strensth 
iniiy  preaented  it•el^  t 
quest,  though  not  sup- 

A  door  was  opened 
beds — in  an  adjoining 
e;  and  whether  thoM 
floor  were  made  by  a 
I.  Howbeit,  the  house 
trams ;  the  roof  or  floor 
]  could  wish  them  to  bet 
ipare  for  any  other  (br> 
)  doors  without  grating 
jret  both  rooms  and  Ain 
)  morning  ■ir.  In  ilie 
iked  me  to  join  them  in 
each  other  to  Grod  and 
bed-time  the  ^pod  man 
r  my  comfort  uil  mom« 
«  to  me  as  a  stranger, 
iinstancea  in  which  be 
r  observing,  "  You  aro 
:  so,"  when  he  i|}«eflbet 
(ence,  afler  making  me 
me  for  the  night  to  my 


tp«M»fuleot. 

rv  life,  which,  from  its 
illity  and  peace.  R«- 
id  the  dissipation  ocea- 
itainted  with  pride  con- 
fashionable  life;  distant 
d  the  foolish  (asbions  Of 
filthy  oonTersation  of 
t  of  the  rich,  nor  under 
ceremonie»;  having  no 
intruding  gossip  wbo  i» 


TO  NEW  TOBl.  ^  IP 

listening  aRor  the  news  of  the  day ;  and  being  tolerably  free 
from  worldly  ambition,  or  having  their  desires  excited  by  the 
fascinating  charms  of  increasing  fortune,  they  appear  con* 
tent  with  such  things  as  they  have,  and  spend  their  days  in 
solitude  and  peace.  Such,  then,  is  the  satisfaction  of  those 
people  who  are  content  with  such  things  as  they  have — the 
man  who  have  what  is  necessary,  and  yet  are  free  from  lux- 
ury and  worldly  ambition.  Many  families  of  plainness  and 
kindness  1  have  found  in  the  country,  and  I  take  such  people 
as  Mr.  Truman  and  his  family  as  a  specimen  of  the  original 
ploinness  and  hospitality  of  the  true  spirited  American.  And 
suoh  are  the  comforts  and  pleasures  of  retirement — of  a  plain 
and  an  industrious  people  whose  lives  and  miwners  exhibit  to 
others- the  beauties  of  religkw  in  a  country  life. 


...  i:>  ". 

■    *      I  '.  ' 
.   o.Jc.    • 

...  mu 


I 


T«ll  ma  no  more  of  Murthl^  tojrs. 
Of  tinful  mirth,  of  cm mI  joy*, 

The  tbinge  I  lov'd  beforat 
Let  me  bat  view  mjr  Sevior'i  fiee, 
And  feel  bietnimtUng  grece. 

And  I  de»ire  no  more. 

TeU  mo  no  more  of  pniee  end  wealth. 
Of  carelea*  aaae  end  blooming  health. 

For  they  have  all  their  anarea  : 
Let  me  but  feel  my  tu.n  forgiven, 
And  leo  my  name  enroU'd  in  heaven, 

And  I  am  free  from  carea. 

Tell  me  no  more  of  lofty  tower). 
Delightful  gardena,  fragrant  txmera, 

For  these  are  triJBing  thinga : 
llie  little  room  for  roe  deaign'd, 
AVill  auit  as  well  my  easy  mind 

Aapalacea  of  kinga. 

Tell  me  no  more  of  crowding  gueata. 
Of  oaudy  dreaa  and  aumptvoaa  fllasts, 

Estravagane*  and  waate : 
Mv  little  table  thinly  apioad,     ' 
With  wholeaoote  herbs  u.i  vrholeaoiae  bread,^  y  ^5,1^ 


•.i-i.      . 

.(t 

■^. 

■      ^S 
■■m 

■CI 


t 


.WilLbettsr  anil  my  taata. 

■■  4    ..  .1  :    - 

GWo  me  a  bible  ih  my  hahd, 
A  heart  to  read*  And  attderatattd 

Thia  MreimerriDg  word : 
I'd  urge  no  companv  to  atay,   ; ,  t 


,  .11 ...;  (fln  yailo 
;.u-  I'snirir:  RCtf 
lU  ;  hh^l  'iP  isicj 


5Mft 

Botait  alone  from  day  to  day,_  ,,  ^^  .^^  ,v».j:nr,3  fe^-.v^ 


And  convene  with  the  Lord. , 


;J  a-Si;*/ 


yA 


^i^ 


'■U 


rioM  ovw 


A  tinwu*;.  poverty  h  not  chOKffi,  but  aWiorred  by  men,  Md 
irretttMt  itgno  of  it  cannot  be  findurod  w.il.out  pain  by 
.-  fcumbleat  character;  yet  It  appears  ihat  God  ha«  ape- 
culkr  reffard  fof  thoae  who  a  « the  aubjecta  of  it.  Bleawd 
'  be  ye  pror,"  said  Christ.  "  Hath  not  God  ch<»en  the  poor 
of  this  world  (asks  St.  James)  rich  in  faith  and  heir,  of  the 
kingdom  which  he  hath  promised  to  them  ^hal  'ovohimT 
LuSe  Ti.  20.  Jame.  ii.  6.  Hence  it  appears  that  God  hlith 
fftTW  them  the  first  intitalion  to  his  kmgdom,  and  wMwugh 
poverty  is  irksome  to  flesh  and  Wood,  yet  «n  the  oi^rof 
providence  it  may  be  necessary  to  tl.e  souJ  J  h'gh«ft  •«»•*»: 
tien  in  the  kingdom  of  heaven.  "  We  "eho.rsof  God.and 
joint-heirs  with  Christ,  if  so  be  that  we  suffer  with  b.m,  that 
we  maybe  also  gbrifiod  together."  Rom.  ««•  ".  To 
■uffer  with  him,  is  to  be  conformed  to  his  life  and  death ,  but 
how  are  the  rich,  in  the  midst  of  their  possesuons,  conform*, 
ble  to  him  who  had  not  where  to  lay  hks  head  7 

Look  up.  then,  ye  -poor  and  afflicted!  ye  desolate  tad 
for^iken !  '^  Gird  up'yol7lo5ns  and  suffer  P«wntly.  and  for. 
get  not  that  poverty  and  affliction  are  no  orooft  of  God  s  eler. 
Dal  displeasuVe.   Humble  yourselves  "°der  his  mighty  hand, 
and  remember  that  he  hath  no  pleafuro  m  'fe  *ath  of  a  sm- 
oer,  nor  wUliugly  afflieteth  the«hiWren  of  -"fn-     JJ  "« 
give  you  an  anecdote  which  I  received  from  the  mouth  of  a 
EinisJr  in  England.    "I  went,"  mi  he.  -V>  ^'J »  £^' 
nan  in  his  afflicaoo,  who  told  him  he  could  not  d'»  haPP^  X; 
because  he  had  debt,  which  he  could  "^.P^y  '  "PP^"'| 
them  to  be  a  ftw  shillings  to  ope,  a  few  •h'"'n«» '^^  »  •^^f  f  • 
•nd  about  the  MOM.  im^U>  a  thW  PW»n,  not  •"JO^'^'P*  »» 
«  pound  in  all.    I  menlion«l  the  difficulty  to  a  few  friend^ 
LKe  cJStributed  a  few  ponnd..  whkA  paid  the  dehUi  and 
left  «,mething  for  funeral  elnensi-;    Wh«  *»".  *a.  done, 
the  poor  man  wa.  delivered  horn  his  trouble ;  «"<J'  *"»ch. 
ing  SuThi.  arms,  be  in  eflbct  said :  •  As  sore^  m  there  »  a 
Qld  in  heaven.  I  rfiall  go  to  Wm;  and  «»ot  ^"Jy  ~'.  J"^.J 
know  that  he  will  take  car.  of  my  fepuly.;  .thought  («ud 
the  minirter)  that  I  would  take «»»'«/ V^'5/7"yi.'^J*. 
when  T  was  So  a  journey  Mine  year.  «^';«.^^'' ^J^' °2 
of  my  way  to  inquire  after  it :  and  1  found  that  the  eldest  son 
vr,;  married  and  comfortably  aettlei  on  a  fam,  a.  an  occu. 
pier  of  land ;  the  Koood  wa  wa.  u.  a  "tua^  of  "wrly  a 

bundred  pound.  .terUng  P«'  ""f" '  ^^'^jJ^Cl  ofTraS 
bunnes.  Ma  trade«naB-«id  «H  <>ftbo"J»«»^^«'' ''.['^ 
gious  wciety,  or  at  leart  ttewjly  men,  and  »»••""  ofjj'*  8O5 
pd."    Such  were  tbe  words  of  this  poof  dymg  wan,  and 


TO  NIW  TOBir. 


aWwrred  by"hMril|iBd 
ndurod  without  psin  by 
r«  ihat  God  has  a  p*. 
]j«ctii  of  it.  «Ble«wd 
t  God  chosen  the  poor 

faith  and  heirs  of  the 
Ihem  that  lovo  himt" 
appears  that  God  hkth 
ingdom,  and  although 
I,  yet  in  the  order  of 
)  soul's  highest  eXalta- 
e  are  heirs  of  God,  and 
re  suffer  with  him,  that 
'  Rom.  Tiii.  17.  To 
his  life  and  death ;  but 
possessions,  conforma* 
«beadt 

cled!  ye  desolate  and 
iffer  patiently,  and  for. 
[10  prooft  of  God's  eler> 
under  his  mighty  hand, 
re  io  the  death  of  a  lia- 
ren  of  men.     Let  me 
Bd  from  the  mouth  of  a 
id  he.  "to  visit  a  poor 
I  could  not  dio  happily, 
lid  not  pay;  supposing 
iwshillinjpto  a  second, 
raoD,  not  amounting  to 
Bcuky  to  a  few  friends, 
tiicfa  paid  the  debU  and 
When  this  was  dona, 
I  trouble;  and,  rtretch- 
« As  sure  as  there  ia  a 
and  not  only  so,  but  I 
unily.'    I  thought  (said 
tieeof  thli  family;  and 
s  aftetwarfs,  I  went  out 
round  thit  the  eldest  son 
1  on  a  farm  as  an  occu. 
I  a  situation  of  nearly  a 
;  and  tbe  third  was  in 
them  metnbers  of  a  reli- 
,  and  hearers  of  the  goa. 
■  poor  dying  mm,  and 


sueb  are  the  inestimable  advantages  of  religion  at  the  hour  of 
death. 

Hence,  in  concluding  this  number,  permit  me  to  notice 
Airther,  First,  the  personal  advantages  of  religion  at  the  hour 
of  death  to  this  dying  man ;  and,  Secondly,  the  advantages 
of  it  to  his  posterity. 

Firit,  ita  pertonal  advanlagis.  "  As  sure  as  there  is  a 
God  in  heaven,  I  shall  ao  to  him."  In  this  langungc  there 
was  no  unbelief,  no  doubt  or  fear,  but  the  full  assurance  of 
faith;  and  this  assurance  on  the  borders  of  immortality! 
Happy  mat) !  Although  he  had  no  estates  or  property  to 
leave  his  children,  yet  he  had  poace  at  last,  and  an  happy  as. 
suranoe  of  God's  favor  to  himself  and  family,  and  that  when 
called  to  leave  ovon  his  little  cottage  on  earth,  he  knew  that 
he  had  a  house  above,  eternal  in  the  heavens.  No  apparent 
derangement,  but  a  calmness  of  soul,  and  a  rational  use  of  all 
its  focultios.  He  could  think  and  speak  and  glorify  God. 
He  could  take  leave  ofhis  friends  and  family  as  one  who  was 
going  a  pleasant  journey — going  home. 

"  Hii  God  auittined  him  in  the  finkl  hour. 
Hit  final  ho«f  brought  glory  to  hit  Oo4." 

Had  it  not  been  for  the  special  favor  of  God  in  this  hour  of 
extremity,  he  might  have  oeen  deprived  of  reason ;  but  in  hi* 
favor  there  is  lift — life  even  in  death.  Under  his  frown  there 
is  death  oven  in  the  prime  of  life.  "  Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto 
'  ^u,  if  a  man  keep  my  saying,  he  shall  never  see  death.'' 
i)fohn  viii.  ftl, 

Secondljf,  notice  th9  advatUagea  of  religion  to  \i$  posteritf, 
**l  know  that  he  will  take  care  of  my  family."  God  sheweth 
mercy  (saith  Moses)  unto  a  thousand  generations  of  them 
that  love  him  and  keep  his  commandments.  Yea,  and  he 
does  this  to  a  certain  extent  for  the  fathers'  sakes.  Hence, 
because  Phineas  was  zealous  in  executing  judgment,  he  gave 
him  and  his  seed  aAer  him  an  everlasting  priesth  .id.  Unto 
Abraham  God  promised,  "  By  myself  have  I  sworn,  saith  the 
Lord,  for  because  thou  hast  done  this  thing,  and  hast  not  with- 
held thy  son,  thine  only  son  :  that  in  blessing  I  will  bless  thee, 
and  in  multiplying  I  will  multiply  thy  seed  as  tlie  stars  of 
heaven,"  die.  Unto  David  God  promised,  "  If  his  children 
forsake  my  law,  and  walk  not  in  my  judgment^  &c.  then  will 
I  visit  their  transgressions  with  the  rod,  and  their  iniquity 
with  stripes ;  nevertheless,  my  loving  kindness  will  I  not  ut. 
terly  take  from  him,  nor  suffer  my  faithfulness  to  fail."  And 
to  the  Reebabiteu,  for  their  faithfulness,  God  declared,  "Jon. 


ftdab,  (he  ion  of  Reehftb,  shftll  not  want  a  msn  to  stand  before 
me  for  ever."  Num.  ixvii.  13.  (Jen.  xxii.  16,  17.  Pea. 
luxix.  80 — 38.  Jer.  xzxv.  10.  Heace  it  appears  that  aonne 
feopie  have  been  so  piously  dovotod  to  Grod,  and  so  faithful  in 
diacharging  their  duty  towards  liim,  that  he  hai  esUvbiiahed  hie 
covenant  with  them,  and  blessed  the  children  aftor  thom. 

Lastly,  we  may  observe  that,  by  a  oommunicatioa  of  his 
will  to  Abraham  as  a  patriarch,  and  to  David,  by  the  mouth  of 
the  prophets  ;  so,  under  the  gospel,  by  his  Holy  Spirit,  God 
can  give  a  man  a  saliufactory  assurance  of  his  favor  both  to 
him  and  hia  children.  Ho  had  probably  orayed  for  himself 
and  family  for  many  years,  and  (lod  bad  given  him  faith  to 
beiiave  that  his  petitions  slKtuld  du  nss^er^.  •'  The  secret 
of  the  Lord  is  v.-iih  them  that  foar  him,  and  he  shews  them  his 
covenant."  Cuch  sre  the  advantages  and  privileges  of  God's 
fikithful  people.  He  bleases  and  he  makes  known  his  will  to 
tbem.  "  Shall  I  iude  from  Abraham,"  said  God,  "  the  thing 
which  1  do  1"  And  if  not,  will  he  withhold  any  important  ia- 
teiligonce  from  U3,  if  we  are  equally  faithful  to  his  commands 
by  living  unto  him  1  How  desirable  then  is  the  favor  of  God ! 
And  how  much  better  to  leave  a  fiunily  in  his  favor  than  with 
great  riches !  Let  me  die  the  death  of  the  righteous,  and  Ut 
my  latter  end  aad  future  state  be  like  uato  theirs. 


NO.  IX. 

Whether  a  country  life  is  most  advantageous  to  piety  or  not,  rt' 
■  tirement  is  of  importance  in  all  eireumstanees — This  duty 
must  not  be  neglected — 71  is  not  only  a  duty,  but  a  gracious 
privilege,  i^.-^Faithfulness  in  opulent  drcumstanees 
possible,  exenlpfified  in  Abraham;  his  solitude,  4'**"* 
Reflections,  J^e.  ^e.  ' ' 

Whether  a  country  life  '■  more  advantageous  tham  that  tof 
the  city,  or  more  desirable  to  the  serious  reader,  or  not,  ai» 
occasional  degree  of  retirement  is  of  importance  to  all  peo- 
ple. *  Man  is  such  a  compound  of  flesh  and  spirit,  such  a 
mortal  and  such  a  sinner,  that  food  and  rest,  retirement  and 
prayer,  (if  he  is  a  believer)  are  indispensably  necessary  to 
the  welfare  of  his  body  and  soul.  Can  any  individual  remain 
in  health  without  a  daily  supply  of  bread  and  water  ?  Does 
not  the  weather-beaten  mariner  want  a  quiet  recess  in  the 
peaceful  arbor  T  Can  even  the  publican  utter  his  groans  or 
give  full  vent  to  his  grief  without  entoring  into  his  closet  t 


TO  NBW  TOn. 


It  a  msn  to  stand  bfifbra 
n.  xxii.  16,  17.  Pe*. 
ica  it  appears  that  soma 

0  Grod,  and  so  rsithful  in 
at  he  has  establiahad  his 
ihildren  afi«r  ihcm. 

1  communication  of  his 
I  David,  by  lh«  mouth  of 
by  his  Holy  Spirit,  God 
ice  of  his  favor  both  to 
ably  prayed  for  himself 
d  li&d  given  him  faith  to 
Rsiysrod.  »•  The  secrtt 
I,  and  he  shews  them  his 
I  and  privileges  of  Gkxl's 
makes  known  his  will  to 
,"aaid  God,  "  the  tfaiiig 
Itbhokl  any  important  ia- 
failhful  to  his  commands 
then  is  the  favor  of  God ! 
ily  in  his  favor  than  with 
\  of  the  righteous,  and  Ut 
I  unto  theirs. 


tageaua  to  piety  er  net,  ff 
ireumstaneet — TMs  dtiQr 
nly  a  duty,  but  a  gracUrtu 
opulent  circmmttanee* 
m;  hia  it>Htude,  ^c— • 

Ivamageous  than  that  <of 
lerious  reader,  or  not,  an 
)f  importance  to  all  peo- 
r  flesh  and  spirit,  such  a 
and  rest,  retirement  and 
dispensabhr  necessary  to 
Ian  any  individual  remain 
bread  and  water  7  Does 
rant  a  quiet  recess  in  the 
>lican  utter  hia  groans  or 
•ntoring  into  his  closet  t 


And  is  it  possible  for  an  established  believer,  a  lather  in 
Christ  Jesus,  or  the  u/oti  veneratoJ  character,  to  keep  hia 
■oul  alive  without  it?  Did  not  our  Lord  himself  retire  into 
■oUtary  places  ?  If  so,  is  it  not  e«ii«niially  necosaary  to  ua 
M  sinners  1  Heooe,  whether  we  Ij^e  in  the  city  or  the  couo« 
try,  a  proper  attention  to  this  duty  is  of  groat  importaaoe  to 
our  best  interest. 

Yes,  an  attention  to  this  duty  is  of  vast  importance,  and  if 
we  would  be  eminent  for  piety,  we  must  not  neglect  it. 
Tha  roost  devotad  characters  in  nil  ages,  as  Enoch,  A  bra* 
bam,  Elias,  and  the  apostles,  enjuyed  solitude  or  retirement. 
Did  not  Enoch's  walking:  with  God  imply  that  he  walked  not 
with,  nor  in  fellowship  with  the  world  t    Does  not  his  exam* 
pla  teach  ua  that  tie  turned  his  stepa  from,  rather  than  that 
ha  aought  an  intimate  acquaintance  with  it  7    And  does  not 
tha  phrasa,  "  He  walked  with  God,"  imply  that  he  lived  in 
hi*  closet-— enjoyed  solitude— and  that  he  sought  places  suit, 
i^le  for  raflcctiw),  where  ha  could  hold  communion  with 
him  7 — that  the  shady  grove,  tlie  solitary  walk,  or  tha  mid' 
night  shade  bore  no  terrifying  asMat  to  him  7    And  did  he 
not  seek  a  greater  abstroctedoess  from,  rather  than  denre  its 
fmndship,  its  tovs  or  vaaitiea?    If  so,  ought  not  we  to  fol- 
low  bim  as  he  folk>wed  that  which  ia  good  7    Must  not  every 
one  who  woidd  be  lika  bin,  aaik  after  tha  same  deadnesa  td 
tha  world,  or  follow  him,  in  order  to  enjoy  tha  same  eonmiU'' 
nion  with  Ciod  7    And  if  we  do  this,  will  not  the  same  courSQ 
load  ua  to  the  sameend  7    Must  not  tha  aaina  exercise  of 
faith  and  prayer,  tha  same  daaira  and  hofM,  ihaaanta  method 
•ad  meana,  the  same  efforta  and  eaertiooa,  the  same  steadi. 
aaaa  and  paraavaranca*  (whan  groaadad  upon  feith  in  Christ 
Jaons)  lead  uc  to  tha  samo  davotadnass  and  exalted  station  7 
It  is  trua  that  man,  pioo*  and  godly  man,  must  not  go  out  of 
the  world  aitd  leave  it  in  the  handa  of  Satan^  but  they  must 
kaep^  thaii  distance.     They  must  not  remain  so  long  as  to 
let  wwkedness  leaven  the  little  spark  of  graoe  they  have  in 
tbanu  instead  of  letting  others  feel  the  salutary  influence  of 
thair  cooapany,  or  bringing  the  rabellioua  over  to  godliness. 
Characters  who  are  like  lights  in  a  dark  place,  must  not  with. 
draw  themselves  and  leave  others  to  stumble  and  fall  into 
idolatry,  but  they  must  trim  thair  lamps  and  keep  awake ; 
they  must  stand  at  a  distance^  and  shed  (hair  radiance  upon 
others ;  they,  must  endeavor  to  retain  their  savor,  that,  as  the 
salt  of  tha  earth,  they  may  season  and  keep  it  from  putiefae. 
tion. 

Henc3  let  us  take  it  fbr  granted  not  only  that  a  proper, 
tiooable  degree  of  ratiMment  is  esaeatiid  to  our  liappinew 


1^ 


nam  omo 


tnd  tfifl  good  of  other*,  but  rejoice  that  God  fiu  graewoify 
given  ua  aiich  a  privili-ge— the  privilege  of  waiting  upon  him 
alone ;  and  that  he  haa  commaoded  ua  to  uae  it,  that  we  may 
be  happy  and  And  reat  to  our  aouk.  Yet  macy  careieaaly 
neglect  It,  and  other*,  thr<)ugh  a  multiplicity  ofengagemanui. 
•re  carried  down,  aa  it  were,  into  an  ocean  of  worldly  caroe 
that  they  cannot  unjoy  it.  Doea  not  tho  pioua  farmer  aee 
and  r<M;l  Ilia  danger  in  thia  particular  ?-~tlM  young  man,  who 
haa  lately  entered  upon  the  buaineaa  of  life,  and  wboae  world- 
ly avocatiooa  crowd  upon  him  ao  iaot  that  he  la  obliged  to 
deny  himaelf  or  find  loaa  in  hia  aoul  7  Labor  of  diflerent 
kioda  come  in  in  aucceaaion,  and  he  ia  aoxioua  to  do  each  in 
ita  aeaaon,  and  hence  without  prayer, watchfulneea  and  retire* 
ment,  he  ia  carried  forward  and  onward,  year  after  year, 
till,  through  a  multiplicity  of  buaineaa,  though  hia  land  ia  cul« 
tivatad,  hia  aoul  bringa  forth  no  fruit  to  perfection.  O,  my 
Saviour,  give  me  what  la  oeceaaary  and  contentment,  and 
•ufier  me  not  to  be  drunken  and  aurfeited  with  the  carea  ef 
thia  life. 

But  it  ia  not  impoaaible  even  in  opulent  oireumatancee  to 
ba  (ailbful'to  Grod.  No :  Abraham  waa  rich  in  tbinga  per* 
taining  to  thia  life,  nevertbelet a  hia  richea  and  worldly  en* 

Kiementa  dkl  not  prevent  hk  building  an  altar  unto  the 
rd.  He  had  a  large  family,  but  he  governed  himaeli;  and 
commanded  hia  bouaeiiold  likewiae.  He  bad  many  tbinga  in 
connection  with  hia  fkmity  and  the  world — hia  floeka  and 
berda  of  cattle  to  engage  hia  attention—but  theae  thinga  did 
not  binder  him  from  being  anaMtfrnee  alone.  O,  aweet  ra* 
tireroent,  when  the  heart  ia  chianeed  from  the  impure  love  of 
the  world  1  Happy  are  the  pa<M>l«  who  can  enjoy  and  maka 
•  proper  uee  ot  it.  And  bleaeed  ia  the  man  who,  at  all  tunes, 
hM  his  heart  free  to  wait  upon  the  Lord.  It  waa  not  in  the 
city  or  in  the  crowd,  but  in  the  plains  of  Mamra  and  other 
plaoea  of  retireoMnt,  probabljr,  where  Abraham  had  many 
uterviewa  with  the  Lord.  ^.tUng  in  hia  tent  door,  and,  per* 
haps,  contemplating  the  perfections  of  Jehovah,  or  some  for* 
naer  intercourse  be  had  had  with  beinga  more  than  mortal, 
he  lifted  up  his  eyes,  and  lo !  three  men  atood  by  him.  De* 
siring  to  have  some  intercourse  with  them,  as  messengers 
from  heaven,  he  ran  and  bowed  himielf  towards  the  around  : 
or,  being  of  an  humble,  hoepitable  character  bimseltThe  was 
not  above  entertainiof  them  though  strangera.  Hence  h« 
saluted  them  (though  in  the  name  of  the  Lord)  b  the  kindest 
noanner.  "  My  Lord,"  said  be,  « if  now  I  have  found  favor 
in  thy  sight,  pass  not  away,  dee."  «  Let  a  little  water,  1  pray 
you,  be  fetcnsd,  and  wash  your  feet,  and  rest  yourselves  an* 


TO  NEW  TOtt. 


It  Goi  fiu  graemnafy 
fo  of  waiting  upin  him 
to  UM  it,  that  we  may 

Yet  macy  careieaaly 
plioity  ofengagemonta, 
>cean  of  worldly  caroa 

tho  pious  farmer  lee 
~llie  young  man,  who 
life,  and  wboae  world- 
t  that  he  U  obliged  to 
T  Labor  of  dinerent 
I  aoxioua  to  do  each  ia 
mtchfulaen  and  retire* 
ward,  year  after  year, 
though  hia  laod  ia  cul. 
to  perfection.  O,  my 
ana  contentment,  and 
nited  with  the  care*  of 

ulent  eircumataocea  lo 
fraa  rich  in  things  per* 
ickeaand  worldly  en. 
ling  an  altar  unio  the 
I  governed  himaaU;  and 
He  bad  many  thioga  io 
world—hia  floeJu  and 
I — but  theae  things  did 
I  alone.  O,  aweet  re. 
rom  the  impure  love  of 
10  can  enjoy  and  mak« 
I  man  who^  at  all  tines, 
>rd.  It  was  not  in  the 
I  of  Mamra  and  otlwr 
I  Abraham  had  many 
his  tent  door,  and,  per* 
'  Jebovab,  or  some  for- 
tngs  more  than  mortal, 
BO  stood  by  him.  De> 
1  them,  as  messengera 
If  towards  the  groiuid  : 
iracter  himseifT  he  was 
strangers.  Hence  be 
he  Lord)  in  the  kindest 
ow  I  have  found  favor 
■et  a  little  water,  1  pray 
md  nst  yourselves  u&> 


der  the  tree,  Aic."  And  Abraham  haatenftd  nnS  ortfcreJ 
some  cakes,  and  ran  and  fetched  a  calf.  dtc.  How  gener. 
nus  and  kind  was  such  conduct  *  Like  the  good  Hainaritan, 
he  entertained  and  supplied  their  wants  to  the  full !  What « 
spirit  of  lionpituliiy  was  here  !  Here  was  no  pride  to  cause 
him  to  look  alxive  them — no  liaughlineM  to  give  pnin  or  force 
them  from  his  door — no  wont  of  humility  occesnary  lo  honor 
them,  nor  any  lack  of  love  to  entreat  them  «dth  kinJnf'SS.  O, 
my  Ood.  bless  me  with  the  finest  feeling*  of  sympathy  the 
human  heart  is  capable  of— the  tenderesi  pity  and  the  warm, 
est  charity.  Enoble  me  to  enter  into  the  feelings  and  wants 
of  others,  that  at  least  I  may  learn  to  love  though  I  catmot 
ivlteve  them! 

Abraham  teas  iiUing  alone.  So  it  might  aeem  to  all  hu. 
man  obwrvsiion,  but  the  plains  and  the  mountains  might  be 
full  of  minUtering  spiriu  and  chariots  of  fire.  The  most  soli, 
tary  places,  perhaps,  aw  not  without  their  daily  visitants. 
The  most  secluded  place  in  the  wilderness,  or  the  most 
crowded  part  of  the  city,  is  not  destitute  of  tho  presence  of 
Him,  who  fllleth  both  the  earth  and  the  heavens  with  his 
greatness.  Nay,  when  people  appear  the  most  alone,  they 
may  have  tlw  greatest  com|)any  surrounding  them.  Abra. 
ham  and  Lot  entertained  angels.  An  angel  appeared  to 
Elijah,  to  Daniel,  and  others.  And  what  reason  have  we  to 
suppose  thai  those  pure  and  lieovenly  spirits  are  not  encom. 
passing  us  about,  both  by  day  and  night T  "Are  they  not 
all  ministering  spirits,  sent  fbrth  to  minister  for  them  who 
shall  be  heirs  of  salvatkmT"  Hence  may  we  not  suppose 
that  they  are  daily  potrolling  our  avenues  ;  our  walks  and  our 
sardeas  T— the  groves,  the  bowers,  and  the  most  sequestered 
corners  T  And  why  should  we  think  it  incredible  that  tho 
spirit  of  a  departed  sister,  brother  or  friend  frequently  visits 
us,  or  that  the  spirit  ©fan  oflectionaie  parenf  hovers  over  us 

(hat  one  or  more  of  our  friends  frequency  look  into  our 

chambers,  or  our  closeU,  and  observe  our  a  ctions  ?  Is  such 
liberty  contrary  to  the  laws  of  tlw  invisible  world  ?  If  it  is 
not,  and  our  secret  actions  are  laid  open  to  the  world  of  spi. 
riU  as  well  as  to  the  broad  eye  of  Him  who  will  bring  every 
idle  word  into  judgment,  "what  manner  of  persons  ougL.  we 
U  be  in  all  holy  conversation  and  godliness." 

How  awful  then  is  our  situation !  and  how  necessary  it  is 
to  withdraw  to  inspect  our  actions,  and  seek  for  grace,  to 
live  unblameably  in  it.  For  "  the  world,"  says  an  English 
-writer,  "  is  a  troubled  ocean ;  and  who  can  ("rect  stable  pur- 
poses  on  ito  fluctuating  waves  T"  The  world  i«  a  school  of 
wrong ;  and  who  does  not  feel  himself  warping  to  its  perm. 


io 


non  onio 


tiou*  iiiAucncea  ?  On  liii*  aem  of  jbIom,  how  intenaibijr  nt 
•lide  from  cur  own  •tonJl'uitn«M  f  dinns  lacred  truth,  which 
WM  atruck  in  Itvt^ly  charactoni  on  our  aoaia,  ia  obacured  if 
not  obliterated.  Some  worthy  retf^utian,  which  heaven  had 
wrouKhl  in  mir  hcurta,  ia  ahaken  il'  not  overthrown.  Some 
enticing  vanitu,  which  wo  had  «olcinnly  renounced,  aKain 

Eraciicva  ita  wiIch  and  captivated  our  atRictiona-  liow  oAen 
ta  a  word  ofap^tlitumtdropt  >acioua  poi<iun  irito  our  earn  ;  or 
iome  dismpectful  cxprvMton  raiaod  a  gvA  ofpaaaion  in  our 
boaoma  T  Our  innocrnco  ia  of  wo  tender  a  conaltlution  that  it 
■uflera  in  the  promiaeuoua  crowd.  Our  purrty  ia  of  ao  deli< 
aaie  a  coniplexion  that  it  acarce  touchea  on  the  world  without 
contracting  a  aiain.     We  aee,  we  hear  with  peril. 

But  here  laf'ty  dwcila  Every  meddling  and  intruaiv* 
tvocation  ia  accluded.  Silence  holda  (he  door  againat  the 
•irifu  of  tongues,  and  all  the  impertinences  of  idle  converaa^ 
lion.  Tlw  ouay  awarma  of  rain  images  and  cnjoling  templa' 
tioni,  which  beict  ua  with  a  buxzing  iriipor:unrty  amidst  the 
gaielieaofliffl,  arechaaed  by  these  ihickuiiing  shades.  Here 
1  may,  without  disturbance,  commune  wiih  my  own  heart, 
and  learn  that  bekt  o(  acrencea— to  know  myt^.  Here  the 
•Dul  may  rally  her  disiipated  powers,  and  grace  recorer  it* 
native  energy.  This  is  the  opportunity  to  rectify  every  evil 
Mnpres«ien — to  expel  the  poison,  and  guard  againat  the  con. 
tagion  of  corrupting  examples.  This  is  the  place  where  1 
may,  with  advantage,  apply  mysdf  to  sabdoe  the  rebel  with- 
10  ;  and  be  maatcr  not  of  a  act-ptre,  but  of  myself.  Throng 
then,  ye  ambitious,  the  levees  of  the  powerful  {  I  will  be 
punctual  in  my  assignations  with  solitude.  To  a  mind  intent 
upon  its  own  improvement,  solitude  has  charma  incompara. 
biy  more  engaging  than  the  entertainmenta  presented  io  th« 
theatre,  or  the  honors  conferred  in  the  drawmg  room. 

I  said  solitude.  Am  I  then  alone  T  'Tia  true  my  acquain- 
fance  are  at  a  distance.  I  have  atole  away  from  company, 
and  am  remote  from  all  human  observation.  JBut  that  is  so 
alarming  thought. 

••  Million!  of  spiritad  crettarM  wilk  the  eirth 
VnaeeD,  both  wh«B  vr*  w tke  and  nvhen  wo  ileep." 

Pmr.  Loil,  BMk  I V. ,  67t. 

Perhaps  there  may  lie  numben  of  these  invisible  beings 
patrolling  this  same  rolreat,  and  ioining  with  me  in  contem. 
plating  the  Creator'n  works.  Perhaps  those  ministering 
spirits,  who  rejoice  at  the  conversion  of  a  sinner,  and  hold  up 
the  goings  of  the  righteous,  may  follow  us  to  this  lonely  re. 
oess,  and  even  in  our  most  solitary  moments  be  our  constant 


M,  how  inienaiWjr  we 
ie  sacred  truth,  whichf 

soal*,  it  obacured  if 
ro,  which  heaven  had 
t  ovenhrown.  Some 
ily  renounce),  again 
K.'ctiona-  liow  oAen 
i«»on  iriU)  our  earn  ;  or 
IfV'A  o(  paation  in  our 
r  a  contthution  that  it 
r  purrty  ia  ofao  deli< 
I  on  the  world  without 
with  peril. 

Kidling  and  intruaive 
(he  door  againat  Iho 
icea  of  idle  converaa< 
I  and  cnjoling  tempta. 
npor.unhy  amidst  the 
uning  ahadea.  Here 
wiih  my  own  heart, 
vnufie^.  Here  the 
ind  grace  recover  it* 
'  to  rectify  every  evil 
lard  againit  the  con. 

ia  (ho  place  where  1 
abdoe  the  rebel  with. 
;  of  royaeir.  Throng 
powerful;  I  will  be 
e.  To  a  mind  intent 
I  eharma  incompara< 
enta  preaented  ia  the 
irawmg  room. 
ria  true  my  acquain. 
»way  from  company, 
lion.    But  that  ia  ao 


I  the  nrtfi 

en  wo  deep." 

Loit,  B(fk  IV.,  671 

lese  invisible  beings 
:  with  me  in  contem. 
la  thuae  miniatering 
s  sinner,  and  hold  up 
ua  to  thia  lonely  re. 
enta  be  our  conataat 


TO  ifiw  tOii.  N 

vrtlemlonts.  What  a  pleasing  awe  ia  awakened  by  such  a  re 
liection  !  Iluw  venerable  it  renders  my  retirt-d  walks!  I 
am  struck  with  reverence  aa  uader  the  roof  of  some  taered 
edifice,  or  in  the  presence-chamber  of  aomo  mighty  monarch. 
I)!  may  I  n«vBr  bring  any  prido  of  imngimUioii,  nor  indulge 
the  loast  dissolute  afiuctKin  whore  auch  rcGned  and  exalted 
intoliigeHcnH  exercise  their  watch?  Tia  ponaiblu  thut  I  am 
encompasHed  with  auch  a  cloud  of  witnoss«a  ;  but  it  is  cer« 
tain  that  (iod,  the  injinite,  tttrmt  God,  is  now  and  ever  with 
me.  The  grfiot  Juhovuk,  before  whom  all  the  angelic  armica 
bow  their  heads  and  veil  their  faces, surrounds  tno,  supporta 
me,  pervades  mo.  "In  Him  I  live,  move,  aiid  have  my  be- 
ing." The  whole  world  is  hia  august  temple  ;  and  iii  thri 
most  sequestered  corner  I  appear  before  hia  adorable  majesty 
ao  leas  than  when  I  worship  in  his  house  or  kneel  at  his  altar. 
In  every  place,  therefore,  let  me  pay  Him  the  homage  of  a 
heart  civaused  from  idols  and  devoted  to  hia  service.  Ia 
every  circumstance  let  me  feel  no  amh'dion  but  to  jileatt 
liim,  ner  covet  any  happinett  but  to  en;oy  him. 

"  How  aublime  is  the  description,  and  how  atriking  the 
aentiment  in  that  noble  passage  of  the  Psalms !  •  Whither 
ahall  I  go  from  thy  spirit,  or  whither  shall  I  flee  from  thy  pre. 
aonceY  if  I  climb  up  into  tlie  keigktt  of  heaven  thou  art 
there,'  enthroned  in  light.  'If  I  go  down  into  the  depths  of 
the  grave  thou  art  there  also,'  in  the  pavillion  of  darknesa. 
If  I  retire  to  the  remotest  eaatern  climes  where  the  morning 
first  takes  wing  ;  if,  awifter  titao  the  darting  ray,  I  pass  to  the 
opposite  regions  of  the  west,  and  remain  in  the  uttermost 
parts  of  the  sea,  shall  I,  in  that  distant  region,  bo  beyond  thy 
reach,  or,  by  this  suddea  tranaiiiun,  ascapo  thy  notice !  So 
far  from  it,  that  could  I,  with  one  glance  of  thought,  trnns. 
port  myself  beyond  the  bounda  of  creation,  I  should  siill  be 
encircled  with  the  immensity  of  thy  easence;  or,  rather,  still 
be  eneloaed  in  the  hollow  of  thy  hand.  Awful,  yet  delightful 
truth  1  Let  it  be  interwoven  with  every  thought,  and  be. 
come  one  with  the  very  consciousness  of  my  existence! 
Tiiat  I  may  continually  walk  wiih  God,  and  conduct  myself 
in  every  step  of  my  behaviour,  aa  seeing  HIM  that  is  invi. 
eible. 

"  They  are  the  happy  persons — felicity  true,  felicity  ia  all 
their  own — who  live  under  an  habitual  acnao  of  God's  omni. 
presence,  and  a  sweet  persuasion  of  his  special  love.  If  dan. 
gers  threaten,  tiieir  impregnable  defence  is  at  hand.  Noth. 
ing  can  be  so  near  to  terrify,  as  their  Almighty  Guardian  to 
accure  them.  To  these  the  hours  can  nover  b«  tedious  ;  anl 
U  ia  impossible  to  be  alone.    Dq  they  step  aside  from  occu> 


63 


raoM  OHtO 


pations  of  aDimal  life?  a  more  exalted  set  of  employment* 
engauB  their  attention.  They  address  ihon.selves,  in  all 
the  various  acts  of  devotion,  to  their  Heavenly  Father,  who 
now  sees  in  secret,  and  v»ill  hereafter  reward  them  openly. 
They  spread  all  their  wants  before  his  indulgent  eye,  and  dis- 
burden  all  th«'ir  sorrows  into  his  compassionate  bosom.  Do 
they  withdraw  from  human  society  ?  they  find  themseltea  un. 
der  the  more  immediate  regards  of  their  Maker.  If  they  re- 
gign  the  satisfactions  of  social  intercourse,  it  is  to  cultivate  » 
correspondence  with  the  condescending  Deity,  and  taste  the 
pleasures  of  divine  friendship.  What  is  such  a  state  but  the 
suburbs  of  heaven  7  What  is  such  a  conduct  Lut  an  ante* 
post  of  eternal  blessedness  7" 


No.  X. 

The  duly  and  advantages  of  prayer  contemplated,  ^e. — It* 
importance  and  effects  when  faithfully  attended  to,  Jjrc.-— 
Notwithstanding  its  importance,  many  professors  live  too 
much  in  the  neglect  of  it,  ^c.  —Nor  is  it  expected  that  all 
people  can  attend  to  it  alike. — A  few  characters  tnentioned 
who  have  distinguished  themselves  by  their  application  to  it, 
— Its  design  effects,  4*c.i  ifC 

Having  written  a  little  in  commendation  of  solitude  and  • 
country  life,  permit  nae  to  spend  a  short  time  now  ezclu. 
sively  in  contemplating  the  duty  and  advantages  of  prayer— - 
a  duty  this,  perhaps,  of  ah  others,  the  most  important.  With, 
out  it  we  can  never  live  to  any  good  purpose — never  enjoy 
ourselves  happily  in  our  present  situation — never  answer  the 
noble  end  of  our  creation,  as  accountable  creatures,  nor  ulti> 
mately  find  our  way  to  heaven.  A  partial  attention  to  it 
shews  our  ignorance  of  its  importance,  while  a  proper  con- 
viction  of  our  obligation,  and  an  unremitting  attention  to  it, 
leads  to  consequences  beyond  our  power  of  calculation.  A 
privilege  this  also,  which,  in  importance,  is  not  inferior,  per. 
haps,  to  the  employment  ofangels,  and  which  cannects  itself 
with  the  greatest  blessings  heaven  has  promised  to  bestow. 

The  importance  of  this  duty  is  such  that  men  ought  always 
to  pray,  saith  our  Lord,  and  not  to  faint ;  and  St.  Paul  ex- 
horted the  Thessalouians  to  pray  without  ceasing.  A  faithful 
attention  to  ii  has  done  wonders ;  and  God  always  regards 
the  prayers  of  persons,  we  will  suppose,  in  proportion  to  their 
fttith  and  fidelity.    "  The  efibctual.  fervent  prayer  of  a  right. 


TO  NEW   YORK. 


5d 


set  of  employment* 
s  thun.selves,  in  all 
leavenly  Faiher,  who 
rrward  them  openly. 
idulgent  eye,  and  dis- 
ssionute  bosom.  Do 
ly  find  themnel'ires  un< 
r  Maker.  If  they  re> 
se,  it  is  to  cultivalo  « 
g  Deity,  and  taste  the 
8  such  a  state  but  the 
toiiduct  Lut  an  ante* 


mlemplated,  ^e. — It» 
Vy  attended  to,  ij-c. — 
piy  professors  live  too 
is  it  expected  that  all 
characters  mentioned 
their  application  to  U. 


tion  of  solitude  and  • 
hort  time  now  eiclu. 
■vantages  of  prayer— 
lost  important.  With* 
purpose — never  enjoy 
;>n — never  answer  the 
>le  creatures,  nor  ulti- 
partial  attention  to  it 
!,  while  a  proper  con- 
mitting  attention  to  it, 
er  of  calculation.  A 
;e,  is  not  inferior,  per. 
I  which  cannects  itself 
promised  to  bestow, 
hat  men  ought  always 
int ;  and  St.  Paul  ex- 
lUt  ceasing.  A  faithful 
God  always  regards 
,  in  proportion  to  their 
rent  prayer  of  a  right* 


eous  man  availeth  much."   How  much  wo  cannot  tell.   Mcr- 
tais  cannot  fathom  its  beneficial  effects,  nor  calculate  its 
amount  of  good  to  man.     What  is  there  that  has  not  been 
done  in  answer  to  it  1    It  has  opened  the  heavens  and  dried 
up  the  sea.    It  preserved  the  Hebrews  in  the  fire,  and  sup. 
ported  others  white  consumed  by  it.     The  sick  have  been 
cured  of  the  most  inveterate  diseases;  devils  have  been  cast 
out,  and  the  dead  raised  to  life.     Speaking  of  the  ancient 
worthies,  St.   Paul  says,  «•  Who,  through  faith,  (which  was 
animated    and   perfected    by   prayer)  subdued    kingdoms, 
wrought  righteousness,  obtained  promises,  stopped  the  mouths 
of  lions,  quenched  the  violence  of  fire,  escaped  the  edge  of 
the  sword,  out  of  weakness  were  made  strong*  waxed  valiant 
in  fight,  turned  to  flight  the  armies  of  the  aliens ;  women  re. 
ceived  their  dead  raised  to  life  again,  and  others  were  tor- 
tured, not  accepting  deliverance,  that  they  might  obtain  a 
bettor  resurrection :"  Heb.,  xi.     All  bK  isinga— all  neces- 
sary  power  and  protection  has  been  i   en  in  answer  to 
prayer,  but  no  blessing  or  protection  can  be  secured  without 
it.     In  answer  to  prayer,  sinners  hare  been  converted,  others 
have  been  delivered  from  dangers,  and  prodigal  children  have 
been  reclaimed  and  returned  to  their  fathers'  house.    It  is 
probable  that  there  never  was  a  soul  converted  to  God  but 
in  answer  to  prayer ;  and  it  is  on  this  condition  that  the  bless, 
ings  of  Providence  and  gra(  e  are  enjoyed  and  perpetuated 
unto  us.     And  this  is  all  founded  in  Clirist  Jesus,  who  first 
tjndertook  our  cause,  purchased  salvation  for  us,  and  ever 
liveth  to  make  intercession  for  il8~our  Lord  and  Saviour, 
who  is  eUl  in  all.  -  , 

Such  is  the  importance  of  this  duty,  and  yet  wo  too  little 
regard  it,  and  many  professors,  in  this  day,  are  living  nearly 

in  the  neglect  of  it.    Some  have  no  prayer  in  their  families 

seldom  enter  into  the' ■  closets,  or  bow  their  knees  to  Him 
who  seeth  in  secret.  If  this  is  our  case — if,  under  such  cir- 
cunostanees,  we  can  be  called  pious  people,  yet  vi^e  are  not 
eminently  so.  We  cannot  be  reckoned  among  the  princes  of 
God's  people,  nor  numbered  with  his  first-born  in  gloryaver- 
lasting.  No :  people  who  will  be  eminent  for  piety,  must 
be  eminent  for  prayer.  They  always  go  together.  This  is 
the  love  of  God,  saith  St.  John,  that  we  keep  his  command- 
ments — and  these  call  us  to  repent  and  believe — to  watch 
and  pray  with  perseverance.  Our  Lcrd  upbraided  his  disci- 
pies  for  unfaithfulness — for  asking  so  l.l'.Je-  fc.  askmg  com- 
paratively nothin^^  in  his  name,  and  asked  whether  they  could 
not  watch  with  him  one  hour.  Hence  if  it  is  true  that  what. 
soerer  his  disciples  ask  in  his  name  shall  be  granted — that 


fi4 


rROM   OBIO 


God  is  faithful  to  his  own  promiac,  and  can  do  abundantly 
above  nil  thnt  they  can  ask  or  think— and  that  although  h<ja. 
ven  and  earth  may  pH»»  away,  yot  his  words  shall  not  pass 
awBV  without  soonor  or  later  receiving  their  accoinpliahnient. 
What  enemies  people  are  to  themselves  that  they  do  not  en. 
deavor  more  to  cultivate  ihis  8oirit,and  avail  themselves  of  so 

great  a  privilene.  .   ,        „  ,  ..     j  . 

It  is  not.  however,  supposed  that  all  people  can  attend  to 
the  same  rules  of  holy  living  as  others,  or  that  all  are  equally 
blest  with  regard  to  privilege.    Consequently  it  will  not  do 
for  the  husbandman  to  neglect  his  -iaily  avocations,  the  me- 
chanic his  employment,  the  servant  his  ir.wrter  s  work,  nor 
tlie  mother  th»  ofiairs  of  her  family.     By  i  ^  means.     The 
minister  is  called  to  an  holy  calling,  and  can  give  himself 
unto  prayer— Iho  individual  with  a  sufficient  competency,  can 
have  time  to  trade  only  with  heaven- ai»d  tho  pious  female, 
in  such  circumstances,  need  not  be  hindered  from  serving  God 
with  fastings  and  prayers,  day  and  night.     In  these  respects, 
also,  God  hath  made  men  to  differ.     Some,  have  leas  worldly 
embarrassment  by  having  all  things  provided,  while  others 
must  labor  for  themselves  and  families.     Ciod  mercifuliy 
■  blesses  some  who  have  no  time-  no  place,  at  all  times,  to 
bow  the  knee ;  but  this  implies  no  guilt ;  whereas  to  have  cp. 
portunitJei  afforded  and  not  Improve  them,  is  sinful.     Ihe 
thief,  poor  fellow,  cried  in  his  distress,  "Lord,  remember  me 
when  thou  comest  into  thy  kingdom."  "And  Jesus  said  unto 
him.  verily  I  say  unto  theo,  to-day  shah  thou  be  with  me  m 
Paradise."    This  was  doi»g  above  all  he  asked  or  thought 
of.     But  there  are  some  blest  with  opportunities  they  do  not 
improve,  wliile  other*  use  their  lime  and  other  talents  to 
greater  advantage. 

Mr.  J<*n  Welsh,  a  Scotch  minister,  (who,  as  his  biogra. 
pher  has  informed  us,  was  a  holy  and  prophetical  man  of  God) 
was  accustomed  to  spend  eight  hours  out  of  the  twenty-four 
in  private  prayer.  Such  was  this  man's  importunity— such 
was  his  faithfulness  in  this  duty,  and  such  were  his  pleadinga 
at  a  throne  of  grace.  Surely  this  was  striving  lor  all  the 
power  of  godlinesa,  and  exerting  his  strength  to  make  sure 
work  for  eternity.  Thia  was  living  to  a  good  purpose,  by 
warring  a  good  warfere,  and  fighting  not  as  one  who  beateth 
the  airT  Such  a  life  of  diligence,  with  a  uniformity  in  other 
4utie*,  would  procure  the  tertimony  of  a  good  conscience-- 
would  lead  to  the  highest  spiritual  enjoyments,  and  finally  be 
crowned  with  the  calmest  and  most  triumphant  end.  O, 
happy  men  that  thus  pray !  who  pray  till  their  souls  are  ab- 
lorbedandlostinGod^    This  Mems  to  be  the  direct  way  to 


TO  NEW    70RK. 


id  can  do  abundantly 
ind  that  although  h<;a> 
I  words  shall  not  pass 
their  accomplishment. 
IS  that  they  do  not  en- 
arail  themselves  of  so 

people  can  attend  to 
or  that  all  are  equally 
>quently  it  wili  not  do 
ily  avocations,  the  me- 
lis  iT.vtter's  work,  nor 

By  i  ^  means.  The 
and  can  give  himself 
icient  competency,  can 
-and  the-  pioua  female, 
lered  from  serving  God 
hU  In  these  respects, 
lome  have  less  worldly 
provided,  while  others 
iites.     God  mercifully 

place,  at  all  times,  to 
I ;  whereas  to  have  op. 
)  them,  is  sinful.  The 
,  "Lord,  remember  me 
'  "And  Jesus  said  unto 
bait  thou  be  with  me  ia 
.11  he  asked  or  thought 
iportunities  they  do  not 
le  and  other  talents  to 

er,  (who,  as  his  biogrs. 
trophetieal  man  of  God) 
B  out  of  the  twenty-four 
lan's  importunity — such 
such  were  his  pleading* 
va«  striving  lor  all  the 
I  strength  to  make  sure 
;  to  a  good  purpose,  by 
;  not  as  one  who  beateth 
ith  a  uniformity  in  other 
of  a  good  conscience — 
ijoyments,  and  finally  be 
Bt  triumphant  end.  O, 
y  till  their  souls  are  ab- 
B  to  be  the  direct  way  to 


Joso  themselves  in  the  immensity  of  Him  who  is  all  in  all.  By 
such  an  evangelical  faithfulness,  the  believer  leaves  all  his 
doubts  and  fears  behind,and  obtains  confidence  towards  God 
—stands  prepared  to  mu  '  the  afflictions  incident  to  his  earth- 
ly pilgrimage,  and  becomes  qualified,  under  the  Captain  of 
his  salvation,  to  meet  death  with  all  his  terrors 

A  certain  divine  in  England,  in  effect  said,  that  he  was 
much  afTiicted  by  reading  an  account  of  the  Farrar  (or  Far< 
rer)  family,  at  Little  Gidding,  in  Huntingdonshire,  and  de- 
sired to  see  such  another  family  in  any  of  the  three  kingdoms ; 
a  family,  it  seems,  much  devoted  to  God,  and  which  was 
made  the  talk  of  the  country  for  righteousness'  sake.  Hence 
a  certain  individual  made  a  visit,  in  order  to  enquire  into  their 
way  of  living;  and  among  several  particulars  he  gave  of 
their  fidelity  in  a  letter  to  a  friend,  there  stand  the  following : 
"  There  were  every  night  two  (alternately)  continued  their 
devotions,  tho*  went  not  to  bed  until  the  /est  rose."  The 
same'pious  divine,  in  efTont,  said,  that  he  despaired  for  many 
years  of  seeing  any  person  stand  in  competition  with  Mon. 
sieur  De  Renty  (a  French  nobleman)  and  Gregory  Lopez 
(a  hermit  in  America).  And  in  the  life  of  the  former  it  if 
stated  (if  my  memory  does  not.  deceive  me)  that  he  some* 
timtts  spent  two,  three,  four  or  five  hours  in  prayer  in  a  day. 
From  the  life  of  the  latter,  I  insert  the  following  quotation  : 
"  Being  one  day  in  prayer  in  a  church  at  Toledo,  God  gave 
him  a  fuller  and  stronger  resolution  than  he  had  ever  yet  had 
of  executing  his  design  to  live  wholly  to  him.  But  as  reso« 
lutions  of  importance  ought  npt  to  be  made  but  in  conse- 
quence of  much  prayer,  he  passed  several  days  in  prayer  and  ^ 
watching  in  the  church  of  Guadaloupe,  to  obtain  light  how  ' 
to  proceed  in  what  he  purposed ;  and  hereby  he  was  more 
and  more  determined  to  quit  both  the  court,  and  his  friends, 
and  native  country,  that  there  might  be  no  obstruction  to  the 
entire  devotion  of  himself  to  God,  whiiuh  his  soul  continually 
panted  allcr." 

Of  Xavier,  to  the  best  of  my  recollection,  it  ia  recorded 
that,  when  oa  a  certain  voyage  at  sea,  he  accustomed  him- 
self to  rise  at  midnight,  and  spend  the  time,  till  the  rising  of 
the  sun,  in  prayer ;  that  he  used  to  retire  to  a  place  of  solitary 
seclusion  for  the  space  of  two  hours  after  dinner ;  and  that 
he  requested  a  young  man  to  call  him  at  the  end  of  that  time, 
who,  on  one  occasion,  found  him  ao  absorbed  in  God,  so 
wrapt  up  in  his  devotions,  or,  rather,  so  lost  to  all  things  here 
below  and  transported  to  heaven,  that  he  perceived  him  not. 
Fiodtog  him  seated  with  bis  arms  aeross  his  breast  and  hie 
eyes  raised  towards  heaven,  he  left  him  ludisturbed  for  the 


P'^'^l 


■0 


oe 


FROM  onio 


present.  In  etfect  he  declared  that  ho  could  not  interrupt  the 
repose  of  a  man  who  had  the  appearance  of  an  angel,  and 
seemed  to  enjoy  the  pleasures  ot  paradise.  Calling  on  him 
about  two  hours  afterwards  he  found  him  still  in    ho  same 

I)08ition,  when,  by  jotrging  or  shaking,  he  brougiit  him  to 
limsell';  who,  neverthuless,  having  been  caught  up,  aa  it 
were,  into  the  heavens,  found  himself  but  little  disponed  to 
business  of  earth;  and  hence  •■  we  will  take  another  day," 
said  he,  "  to  speak  to  the  viceroy,  for  (  perceive  that  God  in- 
tends having  this  day  wholly  to  himself." 

But  wc  have  also  individuals  of  ancient  as  well  as  of  mod- 
ern date  who  have  thus  distinguished  themselves.  We  have 
scripture  characters.  Elias  was  a  man  who  prayed  earn- 
estly, frequently,  and  with  importunity.  David  declared  that 
he  gave  himself  unto  prayer,  which  implies  a  perpetual  plead, 
ing  with  GimI,  beyond  the  practice  of  lormal  professors  ;  and 
someworthies  of  the  Jewish  captivity  eo  live  J  that  the^durst 
brave  the  threats  of  their  enemies,  and  all  that  they  could  do 
by  fire  and  torture  to  afflict  them,  though  it  might  cost  them 
an  immediate  forfeiture  of  life.  In  the  New  Testament  ws 
read  of  Anna,  the  prophetess,  who  served  God  with  fastisigd 
and  prayers  night  and  day  ;  of  Cornelius,  who  priiycd  to  God 
always ;  and  our  Loid,  who  continued  all  night  in  prayer  to 
God. 

The  design  of  prayer  ia  to  make  us  happy.  God  com- 
mands us  to  use  it  to  enquire  of  and  shew  our  dependence 
upon  him ;  and  it  may  not  be  exclusively  intended  to  inform 
him  of  our  wants,  but,  by  its  use,  to  wean  us  from  earth,  and 
prepare  us  for  blessings  he  is  waiting  to  give.  It  should  be 
so  used  as  to  have  this  happy  effect  upon  us.  It  can  never 
be  practised  too  much,  providing  sin  is  given  up — no  work 
of  importance  is  neglected,  and  providing  it  be  onered  up  in 
sincerity.  This  is  certain,  from  many  of  our  Lord's  words 
in  commanding  it ;  reproving  his  disciples  for  asking  so  little, 
and  by  urging  the  duty  upon  them  by  such  gentle  motives. 
"  Could  ye  not  watch  with  me  one  hour  7"  Who  can  tell 
how  much  we  are  indebted  to  the  prayers  of  the  righteous 
for  our  providential  blesbings  and  the  continuation  ot  our  gra- 
cious mercies — for  our  fruitful  seasons,  and  the  preservation 
of  our  lives — for  the  averting  of  God's  judgments,  and  the 
lengthening  out  our  tranquillity  ! 

But  it  is  private  prayer  principally  that  is  here  intended— 
which  is  recommended  to  others,  and  which,  also,  is  more  pro- 
per in  its  application  to  sincere  professors  ot  religion  than  other 
people.  Art  thou  a  disciple  of  Jesus  Christ  7  and  wouldst 
thou  be  made  holy  7    If  ao,  learn  of  him,  and  accept  of  solva- 


TPis- 


TO  NEW  YORK. 


sr 


could  not  interrupt  the 
nee  of  an  angel,  and 
fJise.  Calling  on  him 
him  still  in  ho  same 
y,  he  brought  him  to 
Ben  caught  up,  as  it 
'  but  little  disposed  to 
II  take  another  day," 
perceive  that  God  in- 
f." 

)nt  as  well  as  of  mod- 
icmselves.  We  have 
an  who  prayed  earn- 
,  David  declared  that 
lies  a  perpetual  plead- 
irmai  professors ;  and 
0  liveJ  thitt  thes^durat 
all  that  (hey  could  do 
gh  it  might  cost  them 
s  New  Testament  ws 
'ed  God  with  fasiiiigd 
IS,  who  pruycd  to  God 
all  night  in  prayer  to 

s  happy.  God  com* 
ihew  our  dependence 
ily  intended  to  inform 
an  us  from  earth,  and 

0  give.  It  should  be 
ran  us.  It  can  never 
8  given  up — no  work 
ig  it  be  onered  up  in 
of  our  Lord's  words 
es  for  asking  so  little, 
such  gentle  motives, 
ur?"  Who  can  tell 
^ers  of  the  righteous 
ntinuation  ot  our  gra- 
and  the  preservation 
s  judgments,  and  the 

lat  is  here  intended— 
ich,  also,  is  more  pro- 

1  of  religion  than  other 
Christf  and  wouldst 
I,  and  accept  of  solva* 


tion  on  his  own  terms.  His  word  is,  enter  into  thy  closet 
aiid  pray  ;  "  ask,  and  ye  shall  have ;  seek,  and  ye  shall  find ; 
knock,  and  it  shall  be  opened  unto  you."  Do  worldly  affnira 
engage  thy  attention  T  Yet  even  amidst  all  thy  labors  thou 
canst  probably  bow  thy  knee  for  a  few  minutes  two  or  three 
times  ma  day.  Have  you  much  time  of  your  own?  If  so, 
what  an  opportunity  have  you  for  drawing  near  unto  God ! 
And  how  favorably  you  are  Hituated  for  stepping  aside  from 
the  common  walks  of  life  to  acquaint  him  with  all  your  cares, 
your  wants  and  desires !— of  withdrawing  from  the  world 
and  walking  with  God — of  pleading  with  him  for  the  entire 
destruction  of  sin  in  thy  own  heart  and  in  the  world — of  in- 
terceding with  him  for  the  conversion  of  sinners,  and  pray- 
ing that  Christ's  kingdom  may  come,  and  his  will  be  done  on 
earth  as  it  is  done  in  heaven. 

Stop  and  consider!  Have  you  not  been  unfaithful,  and 
are  you  not  still  living  beneath  your  privileges?  Dou  you 
ever  spend  one  hour  m  private  devotion,  or  do  you  make  it 
your  daily  practice  in  secret  to  draw  near  unto  God?  But  it 
may  be  that  you  are  altogether  a  prayorless  character — a 
sinner,  in  the  fullest  sense  of  the  word,  unconverted  and  un- 
forgiven — having  no  hope,  and  without  God  in  the  world.  Is 
it  so  7  Do  you  close  your  eyes  at  night  and  rise  in  the 
morning  without  making  prayer  unto  God  T  O,  remnmber 
that  word,  "  except  ye  repent  ye  shall  all  likewise  perish  :" 
Luke  xiii,  3,  6  verses ;  but  remember,  also,  that  be  hath  no 

iileasure  in  the  death  of  the  wicked.  Wherefore,  confess  and 
brsako  your  sins  and  ye  shall  find  mercy.  Draw  near  unto 
God,  and  he  will  draw  near  unto  you.  Ask  his  forgiveness 
and  ye  shall  receive  it.  Seek  his  pardoninc;  love  and  ye 
shall  find  it.  Knock  with  perseverance  at  the  door  of  mercy, 
and  oven  the  gate  of  heaven  and  eternal  life  shall  be  opened 
unto  you. 
Utica,  June,  1838.  . 


,  BOWER  OF   PR\YEB. 

To  leave  my  dear  friendii,  and  with  neighbors  to  part, 
And  BO  fiotn  my  home,  affacta  not  my  heart, 
Like  the  thought  of  absenting  myself  for  a  day 
From  that  blest  retreat  I  have  chosen  to  pray — 
I  have  chosen  to  pray. 

Dear  bower,  where  the  pine  and  the  poplar  leave*  spread, 
And  woven  their  branches  a  roof  o'er  my  head ; 
How  oft  have  I  knelt  on  the  evergreen  there,  - 
Atid  poured  out  my  soul  to  my  Saviour  in  prayer — 
To  my  Saviour  in  prayer. 


FBOM  OHIO 


The  early  thrill  notes  of  •  lov'd  nighlingiie. 
That  dwelt  in  the  bower,  I  obterv'd  ■»  my  bell ; 
It  called  mn  to  duty,  while  birds  in  the  air 
Sung  suthoms  of  praises  as  I  went  to  pruyer — 
As  I  went  to  prayer. 

How  sweet  were  tho  zepliyrs,  perfum'd  by  the  pine, 
The  ivy,  tho  balsam,  and  the  wild  egluntinc  ; 
Uut  sweeter,  O  sweeter,  superlative  were 
The  joys  that  I  tasted  in  answer  to  prajer — 
In  answer  to  prayer. 

For  Johus,  my  Saviour,  oft  deigned  to  meet, 
And  blest  with  his  preseii>  "  my  humble  retrest ; 
Ort  filled  me  with  raptursii  and  blessedness  there, 
Inditing  in  Heaven's  own  language  my  prayer — 
Own  language  my  prayer. 

Dear  bower,  I  must  leave  you,  and  bid  you  adieu, 
And  pay  m^  devotions  in  parts  that  are  new. 
Well  knowine  my  Saviour  resides  every  where, 
And  can  in  alT placet  give  answer  to  prayer — 
Give  answer  to  prayer. 


No.   XI. 

Tht  eonlrast  in  scenery  in  some  particulars  hetieeen  the  ttoo 

countries In  America  there  is  a  deal  of  land  uncuUiva' 

ted,  and  improved  land  wants  still  a  deal  of  labor. — The 
climate  being  warmer,  the  surface  of  the  earth  bears  a  more 
barren  appearance. — But,  admitting  the  difference.  Ante* 
rica  is  a  fine  country ;  sometimes  more  pleasant,  and  an  ad' 
vantageous  location  as  a  port,  <^c. — Liberty  and  indepen. 
dence  give  rise  *  a  diversity  of  works,  patterns  and  inven. 
tions  not  seen  in  England. — Family  grave  yards,  monu. 
mental  stones,  ^c,  on  private  estates,  a  novelty  to  foreign, 
ers,  ^c,  (J-c,  <yc.  . 

How  different  the  scenery  in  some  parts  of  the  country, 
and,  hIso,  in  some  particulars,  in  the  city  to  England  ;  for 
although  there  are  many  pleasant  prospects,  and  laiid  appa. 
rently  of  the  richest  quality — although  vegetation  is  more 
rapid,  and  the  land,  in  many  places,  will  produce  as  much  or 
more  of  the  finest  grain — although  in  many  places  it  is  orna- 
mented with  the  neatest  enclosures,  and  interspersed  with 
•olitary,  yet  noble,  trees,  woods,  &c.— although  in  some  of 


TO  NiW  TOHK. 


59 


lingtlc. 
iH  tny  b«II ; 
le  air 

pruyer — 

prayer. 

n'd  by  the  pine, 
luntinc  ; 
were 
<rBjcr— 
prayer. 

to  meet, 
ible  retreat ; 
odne«a  there, 
my  prayer — 
{0  ray  prayer. 

lid  you  adieu, 
ire  new, 
very  where, 
prayer — 
r  to  prayer. 


iculara  betieeen  the  two 
I  deal  of  land  unculUva' 
I  a  deal  iff  labor. — The 
of  the  earth  bear*  a  more 
ing  the  difference,  Ame- 
lore  pleasant,  and  an  ad' 
. — Liberty  and  indepen. 
rrks,  paiterna  and  tnven. 
mily  grave  yards,  rnonu* 
ites,  a  novelty  to  foreign- 


ne  parts  of  the  country, 
lie  city  to  England  ;  for 
ifospects,  and  land  appa< 
ugh  vegetation  ia  more 
will  produce  as  much  or 
n  many  places  it  is  orna< 
53,  and  interspersed  with 
c>— althougit  in  some  of 


tha  New  England  Stdtes  and  the  oldest  settled  parts,  the  for. 
matioD  of  the  earth  is  grand,  and  there  may  be  many  l  ,. 
turesque  landscapes,  as  extensive  plains,  fruitful  fields,  «kc., 
as  beautiful  m  appearance,  pn.bably,  as  the  most  -ngenioua 
artists  ever  exhibited  to  the  eye  of  mortals,  yet  a  great  part 
of  the  country  remains  a  deaerl  wild.  Without  speaking 
lightly  of  this  happy  country,  yot,  for  want  of  more  mature 
miprovomcnts,  there  must  necessarily  be  a  considerable  dif. 
forence.  In  England  there  are  not  only  the  richest  pasture 
fields,  Ate,  but  oxon,  shot<p,  mid  all  kinds  of  cattle,  as  it  were 
in  every  direction.  The  fields  afo  divided  with  living  fences 
and  the  couniry  diversified  by  woods,  plantations,  copses, 
parks,  &c.  There  is  the  old  enclosure,  the  rich  swarded 
field,  and  the  fruitful  meadow.  The  country  in  general  has 
been  drained,  (,<  d  the  swamps  and  marshy  places  converted 
into  fruiiful  spots  for  pasturage  or  for  some  useful  grain.  The 
rotten  timber  and  stumps  have  disappeared  that  their  p'accs 
are  not  found,  and,  in  a  certain  sense,  there  is  not  a  vestige 
of  them  len.  The  climate  being  inqre  temperate,  and  the 
earth  frequently  shaded  with  intervening  clouds,  and  watered 
sometimes  b^  successive  showers  of  rain,  there  is  an  appear* 
ance  sometimes  of  greater  fruitfulness— vegetation  arpa- 
rontly  brings  forth  more  luxuriously— the  well  cultivated  gar- 
den  IS  filled  more  nearer  to  the  brim— leaves,  at  midsummer, 
oipand  themselves  so  extensively  as  to  make  some  placet 
like  a  shady  bower,  and  the  whole  country  a  scene  o(  fruit- 
fuineM. 

"  Ths  hswthom  whiletia,  and  the  juicy  ffroves 

Put  forth  their  buda,  unfolding  by  degreea. 

Till  ths  whole  leafy  foreat  atandi  diipTay'd 

In  full  luxuriance,  to  the  aighine  galea 

Whore  the  door  ruatia  through  the  twining  brake. 

And  the  birda  aing  conceal'd.     At  once  array'd 

In  all  the  colura  of  the  fluahing  year, 

Bv  nature'a  awift  and  aecret  working  hand, 

The  gardes  glowa,  and  filla  the  liberal  air 

WithlaviahTragrauce." 

But  in  this  new,  and,  in  many  respects,  this  fruitful  couli. 
try,  the  labor  and  scenery  are  diflTerent.  There  is  still  a  deal 
of  lond  (apparently  as  wild  as  if  it  had  laid  from  the  creation) 
to  bo  cleared,  and  different  kinds  of  labor  to  be  performed. 
There  is  much  wood  t»  be  cut  down,  thousands  of  sJumps 
waiit  removing,  and  many  swamps  and  marshy  places  want 
draining.  In  England  the  farmer  has  a  flock  of  sheep, 
divided  and  spread  abroad  in  every  direction,  which  wants 
tlie  ihepherd  a  a'lention,  morning,  noon  and  night ;  but  in 


ii  noM  onio 

York  Sute  and  Ohio,  in  many  place.,  there  are  no  wch  cot. 
tlo.  and  butcomparalively  few  any  where.  Hence  the  farmer 
M  a  Lpherd  ia^ot  wanted.     lie  i^«'"PW«d .  •"  <;'«-""f 
and  .nanauing  by  hia  own  labor  what  >a  already  m  a  a  ate  of 
^(Zum.  In  oL  place  wo  aee  the  wood  in  U-  original  aiate, 
or  „  U  ha.  been,  pr'obably.  for  five  hundred  year»-tha  under 
bruTh  and  rotten  limber  promiacuoualy  mixed  together  upon 
fhe  earth  •  «me  of  the  large-t  tree,  fullon  and  beaten  down, 
other,  haie  «>  blocketl  up^he  path  of  the  travell«r  tha   h« 
cannot  make  a  atrail  parage  in  hi.  cour«.    In  another  place 
Zre  ««  trei  a.  it  wereftwico  dead,  with  tbe.r  eitrem.l.e. 
decayed^  S  make  an  appearance  of  de«,.t.on  not  Msen 
fn  Snd.  The  field,  are  divided  by  the  rail  *g"g '"J^^lJ 
of  The*  growing  fence,  and  perpetuated  for  -veral  hundred 
mile,  tolethcr.     Tho  country  being  m  thi.  »fn^'«»  «''»«' J 
u^Lo^  exp.cted  that  there  i.  the«imeold  ^-"f^^^l'^^ 
5,gene....and7he.ame  improvement  m  breeding  cattle  a. 
S  Enaland;  and  yet  the  improvement,  are  .uch  thut  they 
Lid  Seler  have  bJen  mado  in  «,.horta  time  but  by  an  .n- 
durtrioua  and  perwvenng  people. 

TheclimalTbeing  conaiderably  warmer.  lh««"ll'"}  ge- 
neral perhaps,  bear,  a  more  barren  appearance  than  in  fc-n?- 
Und ;  neveffieSTin  cool,  ahowery  weatljcr  in  apnng  (a. . 
were  in  1886,  '7  and  '8)  there  i.  a  beautiful  proapecl  of  great 
j:  tfu^ne-  The  appli  treaa.  in  full  bloom.  •'«  ;PP'™£|^^ 
a.  white  a.  if  laden  with  .now  in  the  depth,  of  wmter.  The 
ZTyMu  iu  increa«  ;  and  I  have  been  mchned  tj  thank 
fSouBh  I  might  have  been  miataken)  that  in  pneral,  with 
Se  wme  cuhivation,  it  would  produce  more  wheat  per  acre 

%"u^3mUt!lgttifference  there  may  be  drawr  l^tween 
the  two  nation.,  America  i.  a  fine  <=o"n''y-  ,^- ^'V^J 
we  find  a  more  advanlageou.  location  than  TTew-York  for 
tmeliing&om  port  to^Srl,  and  ^««>'P°rt'ngo">:*°'j«»  ^uj- 
dreda  of  mile,  in  m  abort  a  time  in  every  direcUon  t  Hero 
i.not  only  a  nation,  or  an  ialand.  but  a  vast terr.tor7--a con. 
tinen  equal  to  many  of  them.  Where  .hall  we  find  .uch  a 
va.te«inw.  such  a  wide  spread  tract  on  the  earth  beside.  J 
H"re  a«!V™bab>y.  «  ^oxen  ateamboat.  .leering  dally  dif- 
ferent  ways,  and  rkil  road.,  which,  coniointly,  will  convoy  a 
SnTn  a  very  .hort  time,  a  thou.an(f  miles  into  the  interior 
Sf^e  country!  By  these  mean,  we  may  pas.  from  port 
?o  ~rt  in  &  Haven  and  Hartford,  in  Connecticut,  o, 
wemly  ."eer  from  village  to  village  in  Long  Island;  we 
mtv  nL  to  New  Jenwyror  may  take  the  North  River,  and 
Si^aC  Letnu-port  ouraelves  to  Buffalo  and  tho  weateru 


to  MVf  TOIt. 


there  are  no  such  cat. 
ere.  Hence  Iho  farmer 
I  employed  in  clearing 
is  already  in  a  siato  of 
ood  in  iu  original  atate, 
ndred  yeara — the  under 
liy  mixed  together  upon 
Fullon  and  beaten  down, 
)f  tlie  traveller  that  he 
)ur»e.    In  another  place 
d,  with  their  extremiiiea 
H  of  deaolation  not  aeen 
y  tho  rail  xigxag  instead 
led  for  several  hundred 
in  this  infantine  state,  it 
I  same  old  swarded  land 
•nt  in  breeding  cattle  as 
leuis  are  such  thut  they 
wrt  a  lime  but  by  an  in- 

warmer,  the  earth  in  ge- 
appearance  than  in  t^ng* 
y  weatlior  in  spring  (as  it 
eautiful  prospect  of  great 
ill  bloom,  are  apparently 
3  depths  of  winter.  The 
s  been  inclined  to  think 
in)  that  in  general,  with 
ice  more  wheat  per  acre 

8  may  be  drawn  between 
I  country.  W.  ere  shall 
lion  than  PTew-York  for 
ansporting  ourselves  hun* 
,  every  direction  t  Hero 
it  a  vast  territory — aeon- 
here  shall  we  find  such  « 
act  on  the  earth  besides  t 
nboats  steering  deily  dif- 
conjointly,  will  convoy  a 
■and  miles  into  the  interior 
we  may  pass  from  port 
rtford,  in  Connecticut,  or 
age  in  Long  Island ;  we 
ake  the  North  River,  and 
to  BuSaloand  the  weatera 


torritoriet.  And  in  what  part  of  the  world  may  wo  see  such 
rivers  and  lakes,  such  gulf  ha  and  chasmti,  such  rocks  and 
precipices,  such  cataracts,  waterfalls  and  inland  seas  7 

America  being  a  free  country,  and  made  so  more  e*pe. 
eially  to  the  people  through  the  circumstances  they  are  un> 
der ; — having  in  general  an  estat<i  '>f  their  own,  and  ali  men 
at  present  being  able  to  find  oinplnjmeni,  labor,  dec.  are  cir- 
cumstances which  lead  to  encouragement ;  and  a  diversity 
of  works,  inventions,  patterns,  and  ways  not  seen  in  Bog* 
land :  and  it  it  not  to  be  wondered  at,  if  they  are  sometimes 
as  novel  as  they  are  nunwrous.  Hence  we  sometimes  see  a 
farmer's  house  with  its  porch  and  portico — its  columns  or  ita 
colonade ;  neatly  clap-boarded,  and  painted  white ;  unsullied 
as  it  were  by  a  spot,  and  as  beautiful  according  to  its  size  an 
the  nobleman's  mansion  in  England.  A  person  would  sup- 
pose that  the  owner  of  it  was  independent  of  labor,  but  hit 
apparel  and  linen  look  *4  if  he  had  been  plowing  up  the  fal' 
low ;  his  countenance  and  skin,  as  if  he  had  been  exposed  to 
the  morning  and  noon-day  sun.  Hence  an  acquaintanco 
with  him  soon  shows  his  industry,  points  out  his  occupatioa, 
and  demonstrates  that  he  is  a  man  of  labor  instead  of  nimp. 
tuousness,  uselessnesn,  and  eflTeminaRcy.  The  family,  w« 
will  suppote,  are  clothed,  not  in  purpio  and  fine  linen,  bot  in 
«  woollen  drees  of  their  own  manufacturing;  the  wife  weave* 
her  own  doth,  and  they  are  all  as  plain  as  the  Indus' 
trious  poor  in  a  cottage  in  England.  In  one  place  there  i* 
^e  plain,  humble  k>g  house,  without  an  ornament,  (oompar* 
atively  speaking)  or  pui  upper  chamber ;  in  another,  there  m 
one  of  almost  equal  obscunty,  yet  neatly  ftimished  and  hung 
with  paper,  kl'^n  perhaps  we  see  a  well-built  stone  house, 
but  the  next  probably  is  erected  with  unpolished  stone  from 
the  quarry ;  the  former  shows  the  art  of  workmanship,  '.lie 
latter  displays  home  industry,  as  if  erected  by  the  owner  him. 
self.  In  some  houses  the  workmanship  is  good,  the  symme- 
try  beautiful  in  appearance,  the  stones  are  neatly  cut  and  welt 
laid ;  but  in  others,  the  walls  are  remarkably  rough,  and 
greatly  besmeared,  as  it  were,  with  untempered  mortar^' 
In  «ome  buildings,  indeed,  it  seems  that  they  intentionally  fbr- 
aook  the  systematical  order  of  bedding  the  stones  as  used 
formerly,  by  praniscuously  putting  them  together ;  stones 
of  any  shape  or  any  size,  from  four,  eight,  or  twelve 
inches  in  ioogth  or  thickness,  and  by  bedding  large 
and  small,  round  t>nd  square,  or  well  nigh  all  sorts  and  sizesi 
together ;  which,  nevertheless,  are  not  only  novel  in  appear*' 
aaee,  but  neat,  durable,  and  good  work,  i  onetimes  we  may* 
see  a  ttropg-built  boitse  walled  with  pebbkis,  the  coraen  of- 

6 


M 


ivoii  omo 


naimut«d  with  free  •lone,  end  the  windowt  ilenfljr  ehaded 
with  ihe  Orecieo  blinda  lo  ooonmcn  in  Ihr  couDlrv.  In 
many  particulars  indeed,  ihere  ie  neatneaih  beauty,  and  gnui' 
deur  among  common  people  in  America,  which  we  do  not 
aeo  in  Great  Britain.  The  fine,  figured  cloth,  with  which 
their  apartment*  are  carp«led,  the  b«nutiful  roiored  pajjer 
their  roonu  are  hung  with,  the  neat  and  numberlcM  paiieme 
in  ihe  quilling  and  other  part*  of  their  furniture,  are  not  •!• 
ceeded  probably  by  any  thing  in  common  life  in  England. 
And  1  have  Ihuught  (though  1  might  have  been  miataken) 
that  there  is  a  variety  in  the  wood  grown  and  uaed  for  toblea, 
chairs,  drawer*,  <S*c.  which,  when  mgeniniwly  carved  and 
polished,  cannot  be  aeen  every  where.  But  are  not  many 
profe**ing  chriaiiana  by  far  too  lavish  in  the  uae  of  tho*« 
thing*  t  Have  you  a  single  eye,  reader,  and  deairoua  of  glo- 
rifying tiod  in  your  lnHise  and  family,  and  ako  in  your  body 
and  apirit,  which  are  hi*  t  If  *o,  can  you  indulge  your*elf 
in  cosily  luroituro  and  *uch  foppish  apparel  1  Do  not  all 
tbeae  thing*  *hew  th^  pride,  the  extravagance,  and  tbtt 
corruption,  inatea  i  ef  the  purity  of  your  heart  1  Are  such 
things  the  fruite  of  apostolic  purity,  or  of  a  world-tenouo. 
cing  and  SBlf-deoying  •piriiT    But  to  return. 

In  England,  a  whole  Lord*hip  bebig  the  property  of  one, 
and  under  the  order  of  an  individual  a*  steward,  or  wh<t>le 
atreetiii,  as  aometime*  in  I^oodon,  being  built  by  one  architect, 
many  thing*  mu*t  nscoasarily  in  soiDe  respecu  be  omrorm!;' 
the  same  ;  bu)  in  America,  every  bwDi  ••  rt  wei»,  having  hi* 
•state,  and  to  a  certain  degree  hia  independence,  wiil  have 
bia  way  alao.  Hence  it  is  that  ther<'  is  much  diversity  about 
the  country  in  many  thincs;  one  man  will  have  his  hooso 
built  after  this  faahioo,  and  another  after  that ;  and  pUhough 
some  men  are  as  singular  as  their  privilege*  are  nu-oeroua, 
yet  tiiere  is  a  great  deal  of  neatness  about  the  famaers  and 
their  habitations  in  America.  Uniformity,  indeed,  in  many 
instances,  adds  greatly  to  beauty.  Witness  some  of  the 
streeU  built  probably  by  one  architect  within  these  forty  or 
fifty  years  last  past  in  London.  But  there  may  be  beauty  in 
diversity ;  for  although  uniformity  in  every  hou*e  down  a 
street,  when  neatly  erected,  may  add  to  the  besuty  of  the 
whole,  yet  churches,  chapeU,  meeting  houfies,  court  houses, 
fcc.  generally  stand  alone.  And  here  1  have  frequently  ob- 
■erved  the  novelty  and  diversity  in  many  things  about  thne 
places  in  America.  One  place  has  i;*  tower  or  spire,  ila 
cone  or  cupola,  while  some  other*  are  plain  building*,  with- 
out  spire  or  any  ornament  at  all.  But  it  ia  disgusting  to  see 
the  graideur,  the  foppery  and  dandyism,  some  people  «U 


TO  Hiw  roiv. 


urindowt  rientty  thadled 
tti  in  tho  couotry.  In 
tloean,  b«auty,  aoa  gren< 
irica,  which  we  do  not 
[ured  cloih,  with  which 
bonutiful  rolored  pap«r 
ind  nuinberleaa  pMlenM 
ir  furniture,  are  not  ei* 
Donmoo  iiie  in  England. 
It  have  been  miat<tken) 
own  and  uaed  for  tablea* 
liigeniniMly  carved  and 
•re.  But  are  not  manjr 
iah  in  the  uae  of  thoa* 
ider,  and  deairoua  of  glo* 
y,  and  akio  in  your  body 
tn  you  indulge  youraelf 
h  appar«l  T  Do  not  all 
extravagance,  and  \bm 
your  heart  t  Are  auch 
,  or  of  a  world>reDoua> 
to  return. 

icog  the  property  of  one, 
il  aa  ateward,  or  whole 
ng  built  t>y  one  architectf 
DC  respect*  be  oniforml^ 
10,  ae  It  wem,  having  bta 
independence,  will  have 
•  ia  much  diveraity  about 
lan  will  have  hia  houao 
after  umt ;  and  pUhough 
privilegea  are  nu.Mrouai, 
M  about  the  farmera  and 
formity,  indeed,  in  many 
Witneaa  aome  of  the 
eet  within  these  forty  or 
It  there  may  be  beauty  in 
in  every  houae  down  a 
add  to  the  beauty  of  the 
ing  houf«es,  court  houaes, 
ere  1  have  frequently  ob- 
I  many  things  about  theae 
18  I'a  tower  or  apire,  ita 
are  plain  buildinga,  with* 
3ut  It  ia  diagusting  to  aee 
ndyiam,  aome  people  at- 


tempt to  bring  into  a  few   plncea  of  wofahip,  Inaamuch  aa 
plainneaa  and  holineaf  become  (to<i's  houae  for  ever. 

In  p«Ming  aniitarily  along  the  country,  I  waa  agrenably 
mirpriaed  to  aee  a  little  family  grave  yard,  with  thmr  monu. 
mental  or  grave  atones  on  this,  on  thni,  or  another  man's 
estate.  This  is  what  I  never  saw  in  KnKltnd,  and  seemud 
like  the  ancient  patriarchal  manner  of  interment,  at  when 
Jacob  buried  Deborah,  Rebecca's  nurse,  under  nm  oak  ;  nnd 
also  RaohacI,  in  his  way  to  Bethlehem ;  without  regard  to 
modern  ceremonies  or  consecrated  places.  Cerrnionies 
and  gntx'l  order  indeed  become  rational  creatures  so  long  as 
an  impro|ier  streis  i^  not  laid  upon  them.  A  grave  yard  !T 
A  monument !  ?  A  private  place  of  interment— n  part  of  the 
family  sleeping  in  the  dust!  What,  in  the  church  or  tlia 
common  grave  yard  f  No,  it  was  within  alittlu  private  en« 
closure  in  iho  orchard— the  field  or  garden  :  sometimes  one 
artd  somntimos  the  other.  I'his  brought  to  my  mind  an  idea 
of  American  liberty,  and  led  n»e  li;  reflect  on  the  strong  at. 
tachments  we  may  conceive  to  traditions,  forms,  and  cert-mo. 
nies,  yet  altogether  unessential  to  eternal  happiness.  "Bless, 
ed  are  the  dead  which  die  in  the  Lord."  Here  such  rest 
eternally  from  their  labors,  and  their  works  us  a  awent  smell- 
ing savor  follow  them.  O,  happy  souls  that  so  rest  \  The 
labors  of  mortal  lift)  have  passed  away,  and  the  sweat  of  th« 
sorrowed  brow  runs  down  no  more.  When  located  at  Nov 
Haven,  I  walked  into  that  extensive  and  poputoua  grav* 
yard,  and  took  down  the  follo.ving  inscription,  wbicb  \  bars 
\ju0tt.  tot  the  perusal  of  the  reader ; 


FtON  OBI9 

m 

■  ■M  e  «r 


8h«  Mmbinrd  in  h*r  cliartctar  tn<l  perMA 

A  not  KMinMag*  •(  ei«ell«f;et*«  ; 

BcMtifHl  in  form,  TeaiuiM,  uti  axprMMOB* 

Fceuliirijr  blind  in  bar  nMnnaii, 

Highly  ciiliiTiitti  in  mind, 

81m  inwiaiibly  lirew  ttiantion,  lovt. 

And  r«*p««i : 

DignillMl,  without  baiiRhtiriaaa, 

AiDiat>la, without  ttnu-oe**, 

Finn, without  nuverity, 

And  chearral,  without  leritf, 

Har  uniform  awaelnraa  of  Icinpar 

Spraad    aariMtuat    aancbina    around 

ifvary  circia  in  which 

Sha  moTad. 

^'Urbtn  the    ear  heard  hot,    it  blaaaed  h«r; 

When  tba  eya  taw  her,  it  g*r« 

Wilnaaa  to  har" 

In  tattttinic  tha  maal  keen 

Har  aoreniijr  of  mind  never  failed  htt : 

DMth  to  har  had  no  terrore  ; 

The  vrave  ao  gloom. 

Though  tuddenly  called  from  eitfth, 

Elamit;  wia  no  atrangar  to  bar  tboaghto» 

But  a  welcome  theme  of 

Contemplaiiun. 

Religion  waa  the  aun 

That  illumined  even  varied  virtue, 

Aad  united  all  in  one 

Bow  of  bcMty. 

Hera  waa  the  religion  of  tha  goepal ;: 

Jeaui  Christ  ker  foundation, 

The  author  and  finisher  of  her  faith  ^. 

In  him  ahe  reita  in  aure 

Eipectation  of   a  glorioua 

Kaaurrection. 


ANOTHBR   KFITAPH.. 

Not  one  abort  year  ago. 
Sweet  aiater,  thou  waat  here,. 

And  arm  in  arm  we  stood. 
While  fell  the  ailent  tear. 

Now  art  thou  gently  laid  to  rest, 

8«Wt  ayijcit,^  on  tl)y  Siavyiai's  btcu^^ 


•te^- 


1 


TO  mew  TOIK. 


or  tai  ftttm 
«ll«t;et««  ; 
ini   •xprttMOB* 
in«nncis, 
mind, 
ntion,  lov*, 

(htiriMM, 

■ity. 
levity, 
>f  Uinpar 
n«   •roao4 

lich 


it  bItiMd 
it  gtT* 


hUi 


1  kaea 

r  f»iled  hat  s 

•rrori  ; 

>ni. 

torn  earth, 

her  tho«ighla» 

ne  ot 

lun 

ied  TtrtuCt 

one 

he  fMf\  t 
datiOD, 
r  her  faith  % 
aure 
lorioua 


iPH. 


>», 


reit, 
:'a  btcaat'^ 


1 


O,  n\j  •oul,  atand  atill  and  roviow  iho  icpne !  Rpflpct 
upon  th«  lliuuaanda  that  Imvo  been  depoaitud  in  tliia  aiiigla 
burying  ground,  and  the  million*  that  huvo  lived  and  died 
Ntncfl  the  world  began.  What  panga  and  groana  have  becit 
felt  and  utiered  in  tlio  deudly  conflict!  What  sigha  and 
toara  hav«  U-en  hnard  and  vet^n  among  borcav'd  aurvivora  t 
Death  ruMloa  forward  and  aometimen  lakea awiiy  tho  ()eraoa 
on  whom  (he  fomily  ia  depend«-ni.  And  how  imparti<il,  how« 
general  and  universal  al  length  are  hia  claima  !  lln  aparoa 
none.  Admitting  that  thu  inhabitanta  of  tiie  earth  are  nearly 
a  thousand  niilliona.And  thai  in  twonty-aevcn  years  that  num< 
ber  die*,  what  a  vast  concourao  of  p«!0[iia  when  tho  countlnsa 
iriiiions  shitll  bo  aaaombled  togetiicr  *  Look  forward  for  only 
Ave  hundred  yeara,  and  behold  not  only  thy  own  and  the  fu- 
neral  of  all  thy  friends,  but  generations  will  have  paaaed 
•woy,  and  their  memorial*  well  niah  will  have  periahed 
with  them.  In  ao  doing,  O,  my  aouT,  fly  to  Jeaua,  thy  only 
refuge,  that  merciful,  that  Almighty  Saviour  who  can  draw 
tlie  dwidly  atirg,  and  transform  the  ghastly  monster  into  a 
messenger  of  peace. 

Here,  then,  are  a  diverrity  of  object*  and  various  degree* 
ofacenery!  Here  are  habitation*  grand  and  beautiful,  and 
othera  though  comfortable,  yet  plain  and  obscure  in  the  low 
est  degree.  And  here  is  room  and  labor  to  engago  the  at« 
tention  and  strength  of  millions,  and  some  employments  pro> 
bably  to  suit  the  smallest  capacity  in  Europe.  Are  you  dc*« 
litute  of  labor,  reader  T    There  is  enough  in  America  to  en. 

fage  your  attention  had  you  the  strength  of  a  thousand  men. 
)o  you  want  a  house  and  home  for  youraelf  and  family  ? 
Hero  are  comfortable  and  eligible  habitations  beyond  my  cal* 
culation  in  this  country,  providing  you  can  make  a  purchase. 
Do  you  want  one  that  is  spacious,  grand,  or  costly  ?  There 
are  many  both  in  the  city,  the  village,  and  the  country  ;  some 
franoed  and  neatly  pain  ed — others  of  brick  or  stone,  with  the 
strength  of  a  little  castle,  and  all  aa  neat  probably  as  anv  of 
the  aort  in  England.  There  are  houses,  as  it  were,  of  all 
sort*,  from  a  beautiful  carved  and  painted  one  to  the  log 
cabin,  and  from  the  strong  built  brick  or  stone  one  to 
the  alight  and  temporary  shantee.  There  are  also  situa* 
tlon*  not  found  in  EngUnd,  for  you  may  have  an  habita- 
tion by  the  side  of  the  lonesome  wood,  or  on  the  edge  of 
an  extensive  lake — an  expanse  of  water*  which,  in  the 
clearest  day,  you  cannot  behold  an  opposite  shore.  You 
may  pitch  your  tent  on  an  elevation  of  a  mountainoua 
height,  where  in  prospect  vou  can  command  the  neigh. 
boring  country  for  a  coD*iderable  distance  before  you,  or 

6* 


fltf 


raCK  OHIO 


you  may  settle  on  the  flats  below,  where  your  sight  will 
be  obstructed  by  tho  towering  hill,  that  you  will  have  but 
little  10  gaze  upon  without  turning  your  eyes  inwardly — 
Bud  where  a  toreign  invader  would  tcarcely  find  your 
quiet  retreat.     But, 

"  If  the  toil  hind  of  winning  pleasure  letda 
Bjr  liyiuff  waters  and  through  flow'ry  meads, 
When  afl  is  smiling,  tranquil  and  serene, 
And  vernal  beauty  paints  the  flatt'ring  scene, 
Oh !  teach  me  to  elude  each  latent  snare, 
And  whisper  to  ray  sliding  bcait — beware  I" 


NO.   XII. 

Difference  in  many  htatancet  only  accounted  for  by  coniider* 
ing  the  dutinguiihing  hand  of  providence  which  made 
men  and  nationa  to  differ,  vfC.—The  climaU  being  differ, 
ent,  Che  land,  labor,  SfC.  ia  so  aim. — It  being  more  tMrm, 
eauae»  a  rapid  groieth  and  an  early  harvest. 

The  Tarmer,  with  his  impiemenU  of  husbandry,  and  his  la- 
bor and  manner  of  working,  in  mai^  respests,  are  difierent 
to  people  of  the  same  occupation  in  England ;  and  there 
are  many  things  to  critical  obsarvera  which  can  only  be 
accounted  for  by  contemplating  the  diversity  and  harmony 
made  by  that  alLcreatine  hand  which  hath  made  men  and 
nations  to  di^er ;  the  order  of  his  alUwise  providence  over 
difibrent  nations  and  individuals;  a  distant  climate,  toge* 
ther  with  the  nature,  manners,  and  customs  occasioned 
by  such  circumstances.  How  mysterious,  that  e7ery  crea- 
ture of  the  same  species  should  so  much  resemble  and 
yet  be  somewhat  di&ersnt  to  all  others ;  that  every  beast 
and  every  fowl  of  the  air  has  some  distinguishing  feiature 
upon  it ;  that  every  man  should  diOer  in  countenance,  weight, 
or  stature,  from  all  others,  and  that  nations  and  kingdoms, 
made  by  the  same  creating  hand,  as  well  as  birds  and 
beasts,  must  necessarily  have  tlieir  diatinguishing  features 
also.  Yet,  so  it  is ;  and  hence,  though  the  English  and 
Americans  are  of  the  same  origin,  and  may  be  conridered 
one  and  the  same  people,  yet  they  differ  from  each  other. 
Here  is  a  difference  in  general,  in  person,  feature,  color- 
in  a  tone  of  language  and  their  manner  of  living.  There 
ftra  indeed  some  traits  in  the  characten  and  tome  differ- 


where  your  sight  will 
that  you  will  have  but 
jrour  eyes  inwardly — 
Id   icarcely  find  your 


aaure  letdt 
}w'ry  meadf, 
id  serene, 
tt'ring  Bcene, 
ent  snare, 
— beware !" 


'.ounted  far  by  contider- 
ijtrmidenee  which  made 
he  dmale  being  differ. 
.—It  being  more  toarm, 
f  hanett. 

)f  husbandry,  and  his  la* 
Y  respects,  are  difiurent 
a  England;  and  there 
in  which  can  only  be 
!  diversity  and  hnrroony 
ich  hath  made  men  and 
alUwise  providence  over 
t  distant  climate,  toge. 
id  customs  occasioned 
erious,  that  e7ery  crea- 
80  much  resemble  and 
Ihers;  that  every  beast 
le  distinguishing  feature 

in  countenance,  weight, 
t  nations  and  kingdoms, 
as  well  as  biras  and 
'  distinguishing  features 
though  the  English  and 
ind  may  be  considered 

differ  from  each  other, 
person,  feature,  color- 
inner  of  living.  There 
acten  and  come  differ- 


TO  HEW  TOHK. 


m 


ence  in  the  tempers  of  the  Americans  which  I  like  in 
preference  to  others,  though  there  are  some  customs  which 
are  un))leasant  to  me.  Ii  is  true,  I  cannot  particularize  in 
many  things  which  I  have  noticed,  partly  from  want  of  recoU 
lection,  and  partly  from  want  of  genius  on  so  critical  a  sub* 
ject;  but,  more  especially,  from  my  iuability  to  comprehend 

The  fmalleit  work  of  in  Almighty  hand. 

But  without  launching  out  into  deep  waters  which  I  can. 
not  fathom,  or  meddling  with  things  that  are  too  high  for 
me,  1  must  keep  only  to  what  is  ? 'lin  to  myself  and  easy  of 
digestion  to  the  reader.  I  have  ».  erved  that  implements  of 
husbandry  and  tlie  labor  of  the  farmer  arc  different.  The 
citmate  being  considerably  warmer  than  in  England,  the  soil 
on  the  low  lands  is  not  so  stiff  as  the  cold  land  in  that  coun- 
try ;  and  hence,  while  the  farmer  is  obliged  to  tear  up  the 
stubborn  soil  with  four  stout  horses,  linked  together  in  &  sin- 
gle line,  a  pair  s  breast  in  general  is  suflicient  here,  or  a  yoke 
of  oxen.  Whek-  contemplating  the  heat  of  the  weather  and 
the  rapid  progress  of  vegeutioo,  I  have  had  my  feurs  on  the 
approach  of  harvest,  lest  the  farmer  should  be  in  arrears  with 
his  work,  seeing  his  grass  for  fodder  and  wlieat  harvest  come 
in  and  want  cutting  together.  But  in  a  few  days  or  a  fort, 
night,  they  have  well  nigh  gathered  in  both  one  and  the 
other.  This  shows  the  rapidity  and  dispatch  of  American 
labor.  A  man  and  a  boy,  I  suppose,  in  the  autumn,  will  pre- 
pare the  land  and  get  in  thirty  or  forty  acres  of  wheat,  and 
the  same  hands  are  obliged  probably  to  do  the  greatest  part 
of  the  labor  towards  getting  it  in,  in  harvest  But  the  case  is 
far  different  here  to  what  it  is  in  England.  The  grass  in  this 
country,  in  general,  is  out  down  probably  with  far  Jess  labor ; 
they  carry  a  deal  of  it  the  next  day  without  any  more 
making ;  the  wheat  is  cradled,  by  which  method  one  man 
will  cut  down  as  much  in  one  day  as  several  men  can  reap ; 
the  small  quantity  of  barley  and  beans  sown  iiere,  which  re- 
quire a  dsalof  labor  in  England ;  the  looseness  and  depth  of 
American  soil,  which  make  the  land  easy  fn  cultivation; 
their  having  but  little  trouble  with  their  flocks,  &c.,  which 
make  circumstances  difierent  heie  to  what  they  have  there, 
and  otherwise  (ban  what  they  will  be  here  probably,  when 
they  have  brought  the  country  into  the  same  state  of  cultiva. 
tion. 

The  weather  in  summer  is  much  warmer  than  in  England, 
and  so  hot  sometimes  in  July,  August,  and  September,  that  it 
is  as  much  as  an  Engliahntan  just  arrived  can  well  bear. 


08 


FROM  OHIO 


This  occasions  a  rapid  growth  in  summer,  and  brings  the 
harvest  forward,  in  gen^iral,  a  month  sooner  perhaps  than  in 
Great  Britain.     In  Ohio,  in  January,  1833,  (if  I  am  not  mis- 
taken) it  was  as  warm  and  pleasant  some  part  of  the  time,  as 
it  is  in  May  in  England.     A  person  could  not  labor  without 
takine  off  his  clothes  as  in  Uie  months  of  summer.     If  a  lali 
of  snow  came  down,  it  wasted  and  imperceptibly  went  away  ; . 
and  during  a  great  part  of  the  winter,  even  when  the  earth 
is  covered  wiih  8miw(the  air  being  more  pure  and  Urns  ac- 
customed to  chilling  fogs)  it  ia  many  times  pleasant,  and  the 
inhabitants  seem  less  affected  with  coughs  and  colds  by  lar 
than  in  England.    But  in  winter,  when  it  is  cold  and  freezes 
■harp,  it  is  severe  indeed.     Hence  in  one  night  it  will  freeze 
a  thicker  ice.     The  feet  of  men,  fowls,  or  cattle,  in  some  in- 
stances, have  been  greatly  injured,  and  have  been  obliged  to 
be  taken  off.     I  saw  a  man  near  Rochester,  whom  I  under- 
stood lost  his  faet  or  legs  by  the  frost ;  and  Mrs.  Kalchtl  s 
brother,  (an  Englishman)  as  I  was  informed,  bad  his  toes  so 
frozen  as  to  be  obliged  to  have  them  off  also.     In  suminer  it 
is  much  warmer,  and  in  winter  it  is  frequenilv  nrjuch  co.der ; 
insomuch  that  rivers,  wider  than  the  Thames  ,i  London,  are 
frozen  over,  and  people  drive  their  loaded  wagons  and 
sleighs  over  them  as  on  ths  solid  ground  without  fear. 
Lr  Roy,  September  17,  188T. 


NO.  XIII. 

NolmikUanding  the  difference  in  the  climate,  produaintome  in- 
etancea  exceeds  that  of  Great  BrUain-Aii  a  proof  of  thtt  <u*er- 
tion,  the  Usiimmv  of  a  weekly  paper  is  given,  a  verbal  testtmoiw 
from  a  farmer,  and  a  quoiatumfrom  a  recent  publwatwn—  ine 
abundan,:e  in  orchards,  rapid  pn>gress  in  the  growth  of  trees, 
^c— Reflections. 

Notwithstanding  the  extremes  of  heat  and  cold,  and  the 
differenc*  there  is  in  the  climate  when  compared  with  Great 
Britain,  yet  the  produce  of  land  in  some  instances  exceeds 
what  I  ever  heard  of  in  that  country.  To  demonstrate  the 
truth  of  this  assertion,  1  shall  give  an  extract  m  the  first 
place  of  what  I  took  out  of  a  newspaper  published  in  New 
York,  sometime  after  my  arrival  in  Ohio,  it  is  as  follows  : 
"The  Onondaga  Standard  asks,"  says  that  paper,  "  what 
the  farmers  down  east  will  say,  when  we  inform  them  that 
we  can  name  individuals  in  this  county  who  have  harvested 
the  present  season  1600, 1800,  md  in  one  instance,  8000 


TO  IfZW  TOSK. 


nmer,  and  brings  the 
looner  perhnps  than  in 
1833,  (if  I  am  not  mis- 
me  part  of  the  time,  as 
Duld  not  labor  without 
I  of  summer.     If  a  fall 
crceptibly  went  away;, 
r,  even  when  the  earth 
lore  pure  and   Ihss  ac 
times  pleasant,  and  the 
ughs  and  colds  by  far 
n  it  is  cold  and  freezes 
one  night  it  will  freeze 
8,  or  cattle,  in  some  in- 
id  have  been  obliged  to 
Chester,  whom  I  under- 
t;  and  Mrs.  RalciiiTs 
formed,  had  his  toes  so 
)ff  also.     In  summer  it 
irquenilv  much  colder ; 
rhames  .i  London,  are 
ir  loaded  wogons  and 
iiind  without  fear. 


mate,  produce  in  tome  in- 
—Alt  a  proof  cf  lhi$  otter- 
s  gtcen,  a  verbal  teslimony 
a  recent  publication — The 
If  in  the  growth  of  trees, 

f  heat  and  cold,  and  the 
m  compared  with  Great 
some  instances  exceeds 
y.  To  demonstrate  the 
3  an  extract  in  the  first 
jpaper  published  in  New 
Ohio.  It  is  as  follows  : 
'  says  that  pa|)er,  "  what 
en  we  inform  them  that 
inty  who  have  harvested 
d  in  one  iostance,  3000 


bushels  of  wheat  T  If  our  friends  of  Onondaga  make  thesi 
matters  the  subject  of  such  exultation,  we  may  ask,  (and  we 
do  it  with  no  disposition  to  undervalue  the  blessings  of  our 
neighbors)  what  must  the  farmers  down  east  say,  when  we  tell 
them  we  can  name  persons  in  Livingston  county,  who  have 
harvested  the  present  season  more  than  7000  bushels  each  ; 
aye,  and  in  one  instance,  more  than  4000  bushels  have  been 
cut  from  one  hundred  acrea  of  land,  which,  without  the  inter« 
mission  of  a  single  year  in  twenty- five,  have  been  its  crop. 
The  county  of  Livingston  contains  twelve  towns,  which  will 
this  year  market  her  millioa  bushels  of  wheat." 

December  27, 1833. 

In  addition  to  the  foregoing  account,!  give  the  following.taken 
fror..  the  verbal  testimony  cf  an  American  farmer,whom  I  rode 
wit!)  some  distance,  near  Nine-mile-creek,  in  the  state  of 
New  York.  He  appeared  like  a  candid,  sober-minded  per* 
son  ;  and  he  spake  of  one  or  more  Englishmen,  whom  as 
farmers  he  seemed  to  have  an  high  opinion  of.  He  mention- 
ed,  to  the  best  of  my  recollection,  an  Englishman  who  said 
(though  1  hope  the  reader  will  excuse  thfe  vanity  of  such  an 
expression)  that  the  farmers  (probably  of  that  neighborhood) 
did  not  know  how  to  raise  a  crop  of  wheat,  and  that  he  would 
show  them.  This  expression,  however,  he  mipht  utter  in 
jest,  without  a  sufficten*  regard  either  to  sincerity  or  truth. 
Be  this  as  it  may ;  after  preparing  his  land,  he  sowed  about 
seven  bushels  on  an  acre.  The  people  told  him  that  it 
would  be  too  much,  to  which  he  replied  he  could  moke  it 
less,  but  that  if  it  was  too  thin,  he  could  not  make  it  thicker ; 
and  hence,  to  prevent  its  being  t  o  prolific  in  the  spring,  or 
too  thick  to  ripen  in  the  summer,  he  harrowed  out  as  much 
as  he  thought  pro|)er.  Hia  mcuVum,  probably,  in  sowing  that 

3uantity,  was,  that  he  mi^ht  havo  .  ;ough  on  the  ground,  let 
te  winter  come  as  it  might :  biid,  by  the  blessing  of  provi. 
dence,  ho  had  a  large  pr<Mluce ;  for,  although  his  s^  brought 
forth  neither  sixty  or  a  bundled  fold,  yet  according  to  this 
nan's  account,  he  had  about  sixty  bushels  to  the  acre. 

A  recent  publication  makes  mentwn  of  a  field  of  wheat.  In 
Michigan,  of  eighteen  hundred  acres,  belonging  to  Mr.  Jesse 
Smith, and  adds:  "If  this  crop  is  equal  to  the  average  this 
season,  it  will  yield  at  least  thirty  bushels  per  acre,  and  equal 
to  S4,000  bushels.  Suppote  tlie  value  to  be  one  dollar  per 
bushel,  954,000;  deduct,  then,  one-fourth  fer  preparing 
the  ground,  seed,  harvesting,  thrashing,  &c.,  leaves  a  net 
gain  of  forty-one  thousand  five  hundred  dollars." 


9|f  ?IOM  OHIO 

The  fruitfulneaa  of  the  country  may  be  further  seen  by  ob- 
serving the  abundance  in  orchards,  and  the  rapid  progress  of 
vegetation  in  the  length  and  thickness  of  a  year's  growth  on 
such  and  other  trees.  Apple  trees  are  frequently  so  loaded 
that  it  is  with  difficulty  they  sustain  their  burdens ;  branches 
are  bent  towards  the  earth  as  under  a  burden  too  heavy  to  b« 
borne,  and  their  fruit  is  sometimes  left  ungalbered  in  tho 
depth  of  winter.  I  have  seen  trees  laden  with  fruit,  though 
naked  of  leaves,  in  the  time  of  enow ;  and  some  people  turn 
a  number  of  hogs  in  to  eat  them  on  the  ground  as  they  fall 
in  autumn.     Peaches  are  grown  in  such  abundance  that  I 

think  Mr.  B ,  a  common  farmer,  told  me  that  he  had 

had  as  many  as  two  hundred  and  iil\y  bushels;  and  some 

Bople  have  as  many  as  two  thousand  bushels  of  apples, 
ence,  we  may  say,  that  there  is  an  abundance  of  summer 
fruits— as  peaches,  cherries,  grapes,  orauges,  &c.  to  satiate 
the  nopetite  of  man,  after  partaking  of  bread,  the  staff  of  life. 
The  branches  of  peach  trees  are  often  broken  down  by  the 
abundance  of  their  fruit;  and  i  think  I  onco  saw  a  tree  of 
this  sort  broken  down  on  all  sides  like  an  ass  borne  down  to 
the  earth  under  his-  burden.  A  peach  stone,  it  was  said,  in 
Ohio,would  spring  up  and  bear  fruil  the  third  year ;  and  while 
a  branch  will  shoot  and  grow  in  one  year  about  the  length 
and  size  of  a  cane  in  England,  it  will  become  like  a  small 
crutch,  and  proportionabiy  longer,  in  Ohio.  Wheat  in  the 
states  in  general,  through  iu  rapid  growth  and  the  lightness 
of  the  crops,  is  more  free  from  smut  and  of  a  better  quality 
than  in  England. 

Such  is  the  fruitfulness  of  the  country  in  some  particulars, 
and  such  is  the  prosperity  of  some  men,  but  while  the  mer- 
chant desireth  wealth,  and  the  soldier  to  win  the  battle,  good 
instructions  and  a  pure  conscience  are  more  desirable  thaa 
gold  to  the  righteous.  For  » the  fruit  of  the  Spirit  is  love, 
joy,  peace,  long^uffering,  gentleness,  goodness,  faiili — meek, 
nesa,  temperance :  against  such  there  is  no  law."  Covet, 
therefore,  earnestly,  these  things.  Leave  desire,  says  Kem- 
pis,  and  thou  shalt  find  rest.  Is  your  heart  set  upon  and  your 
whole  strength  laid  out  to  procure  this  earthly  good  ?  If  so, 
let  me  tell  you  that  riches  profit  nothing  in  the  day  of  wrath ! 
How  much  better  to  lay  up  treasure  in  heaven,  where  even 
the  nearest  Iriend  cannot  take  it  into  j)oa8C8sion,whero  thieves 
'  cannot  steal  it  from  you,  bui  where  it  will  for  ever  remain 
you  own  property— durable  property,  which  passes  not  from 
heir  to  heir.  Hath  not  Christ  declared  that  it  is  easier  for  a 
camel  to  pass  through  tho  eye  of  a  needle  than  for  a  rich 
mufi  to  enter  into  the  kingdom  of  God  7    And  do  you  set 


TO  mw  YOtK. 


71 


be  further  seen  by  ob« 
od  the  rapid  progresa  of 
I  of  a  year's  growth  on 
ire  frequently  so  loaded 
ibir  burdens ;  branches 
I  burden  too  heavy  to  b« 

leit  ungaihered  in  the 
laden  with  fruit,  though 
I  and  some  people  tura 
:he  ground  as  they  fall 

such  abundance  that ! 
er,  told  me  that  he  had 
illy  bushels ;  and  some 
isund  bushels  of  apples. 
I  abundance  of  summer 

orartgest  &c.  to  satiate 
)f  bread,  the  staff  of  life, 
sn  broken  down  by  the 
nk  I  onco  saw  a  tree  of 
Ls  an  ass  borne  down  to 
ch  stone,  it  was  said,  in 
lie  third  year ;  and  while 
ne  year  about  the  length 
vill  become  like  a  small 
n  Ohio.  Wheat  in  the 
rowth  and  the  lightness 
t  and  of  a  better  quality 

ntry  in  some  partit^ulars, 
men,  but  while  the  mer* 
ir  to  win  ihe  battle,  good 
are  more  desirable  thaa 
uit  of  the  Spirit  is  love, 
),  goodness,  faith — meek* 
ire  is  no  law."  Covet, 
Leave  desire,  says  Kern* 
r  heart  set  upon  and  your 
liis  earthly  good  7  If  so, 
ling  in  the  day  of  wrath ! 
)  in  heaven,  where  even 
I>osso8sion,whero  thieves 
e  it  will  for  ever  remain 
ly,  which  passes  not  from 
ired  that  it  is  easier  for  a 
%  needle  than  for  a  rich 
GodT    And  do  you  set 


this  tcripture  aside  as  frivolous  or  of  small  Importance  ?  But 
further — permit  me  to  ask  where  is  the  wisdom  of  the  avari- 
eious  man,  who  labors  to  the  very  last  to  accumulate  for 
anuther  to  enjoy  T  Some  men  toil  and  labor  nearly  all  their 
days,  and  as  it  were  lay  down  their  weary  bones  with  scarcely 
an  hour's  enjoyment  of  what  they  have  been  striving  to 
grasp  for  many  years!  And  what  perhaps  is  more  sur- 
prising still,  they  sometimes  labor  to  procure  riches  for  the 
people  whom  they  hate  and  despise,  instead  of  those  whom 
they  esteem  and  love.  The  rich  man  dies  childless,  and  his 
property  falls  into  the  hands  of  a  family  who  despised  him, 
or  an  opponent  in  tradu  obtains  the  affections  of  his  daughter 
or  niece,  aqd  at  length  the  property  of  the  latter  falls  into  the 
hands  of  the  former.  So  true  it  is  that  men  keap  up  riches,  * 
and  cannot  tell  who  shall  gather  them. 
Bjfron,  Septeinber  21,  1687. 


NO.  XIV. 

WerUifproaferitjf alone  cannot gnthofpkteta,  ^c— Never* 
tkeleet,  there  i$  tome  pleaeure  m  Ravelling,  beholding  the 
workt  of  erealioA,  scenetj,  ^.,  with  a  call  t»  refieetio*.—. 
In  retirement,  a  per«on  can  examine  hitnself,  confess  hie 
time,  and  give  vent  to  the  emoHont  of  hie  heart,  ^e Re- 
tirement it  eeeential  to  our  happinete,  and  natural  to  a  be. 
liever,  ^.'— Further  refiectione. 

How  true  it  is,  then,  that  the  prosperity  of  this  world,  ab. 
■tractedly  considered,  ia  fleetins ;  that  it  cannot  give  happi. 
now ;  that  it  is  interwoven  and  intermixed  with  vanity  and 
veiation  of  spirit  I  Retire,  therefore,  reader,  at  least  for  a 
season,  and  let  me  converse  with  you  in  the  interval  on  things 
of  a  different  nature.  Lay  aside  thy  covetous  desires,  and 
retire  into  thyself,  by  reflecting  on  subjects  of  a  sublimer  char- 
acterl  Come  away  from  the  habitations  of  the  rich;  with- 
draw thy  affeotkins  from  the  craature~-the  love  of  money 
and  mere  worldly  enjoyments.  There  is  happiness  separate 
from  these  things ;  there  are  riches,  lasting  riches,  which  end 
not  with  life  itself.  There  is,  sometimes,  happiness  in  obsdu- 
ritv,  which  is  more  to  be  desired  than  the  pleasures  of  the 

Claoe  or  attached  to  the  honors  of  a  court.    Yea,  we  may 
deprived  of  honor  that  cometh  of  men ;  we  may  have 
QUI  fight  bounded  by  a  stone  wall,  and  our  light  received 


w 


ntoM  OHIO 


throujfh  the  woodeo  lattice;  and  yet  enjoy  more  peace  thail 
the  iron  who  haw  their  portion  in  thia  life.  Suppreaa,  then, 
thy  covetoua  deairea ;  ceaae  to  do  evil  by  thy  anxiety,  and 
leirethy  honeat  end«avora  to  Him  who  feedelh  the  ravena, 
and  promiaeth,  on  condition  that  you  aeek  fl rat  the  kingdom 
of  God  and  hia  righteouaneas,  that  all  theae  ihinga  ahall  bo 
added  unto  you.  Wherefore  envy  not  the  r'ch,  nor  covet 
their  posseaaiona,  but  look  int(»the  habitatioaa  of  the  humble, 
and  desire  the  peace  that  they  enjoy.  God  hath  not  left  the 
poor  detutuie,  but  hath  pronounced,  them  bleased  5  Luke  vi. 
20.  Jamea  ii.  20}  and  it  may  be  that  he  hath  called  thee  to 
endure  poverty,  in  order  to  show  you  «  the  true  riches. 
Hence,  let  me jnvite  your  attention  to  the  noblest  v»>jecU,  by 
'  sailing  you  to  a  moment's  reflection.  Ewimino  thyaelf,  and 
Uke  a  little  cessation  from  the  troubles  of  life. "  1 

It  ia  true,  there  is  some  pleasure  m  travelling  abroad  aod 
beholding  the  wonders  of  creation,  and  tho  labors  of  men ; 
the  diversity  of  scenery  in  so  extensive  a  part  to  ramble  m  j 
the  different  ways  of  travelling,  not  formerly  known  m  old 
aettlcd  countriea,  as  the  rapid  train  of  rail-road  cars  and  the 
ateam  vessels  ;  the  hosts  of  line  boats  and  the  packeU ;  the 
landscapea  of  mountains,  and  plain  rocka  and  gu^M ;  the 
extensive  lakee,  with  the  amalter  onaa  not  aeen  m  England ; 
the  rivers  and  waterfalto,  some  of  which  probably  cannot  be 
Miialled  in  any  other  part  of  the  world  beaidas— to  see  the 
fruitfulneaaof  tegetaUon,  and  nature  in  all  ita  beauty;  the 
fcmier«nd  the  work  of  the  field,  the  heauUful  »«»*«»P«of 
neh  pa«tdi»'land  and  Uh»  wido^apiead  lake^  the  different 
kinds  of  buildings,  from  the  prison-house  aufficient  to  hold 
hundreds  of  men,  to  the  humble  cottage  in  the  shady  grove, 
or  from  thereaidenftft  of  the  wealthy  ciliten  to  the  temporary 
abode  among  the  rocka.  by  the  water  sid^-to  see  allthes* 
thing*,  1  aay,  may  afford  some  gratification  to  the  curwua 
apectator:  Init  there  ia  a  pleasure  m  oooaaiooal  solitude 
which  we  cannot  enjoy  amidst  the  bustle  of  life.  Come  away 
fhen,  O  my  aoul,  and  aeek  for  a  place  of  reflection— a  place 
of  retirement,  femote  from  the  busy  walks  of  men,  where 
you  may  have  time  to  enter  into  Uiyself  and  give  free  scope 
to  thy  iraaginatioli  on  things  of  tho  most  interestmg  unport- 

In  that  retired  slJantiOB  a  person  may  examine  himself,  and 
tak  his  past  hb'ii^  what  report  they  bore  to  heaven ;  and 
What  satiMkttioti  ha  can  take  in  reviewing  the  transaclioDa 
oi  hia  fonnOT  days !  There  he  can  confess  his  sins,  weep 
over  his  p^-it  f^siies,  make  rOsolttUons  for  future  amendment, 
aad  shod  hi«  ta^    He  «w  give  vent,  to  tho  painful  emo. 


to  NEW   tOI». 


ijoy  more  peace  thaH 
life.     Suppreaa,th0O« 

by  thy  anxiety,  and 
ko  feedeth  the  ravena« 
tek  Ant  the  kingdom 

theae  things  ahall  be 
)t  the  rich,  nor  co»et 
tationa  of  tho  humble, 

Ood  hath  not  left  the 
m  bleased  ;  Luke  vL 
ie  hath  called  thee  to 
u  •*  the  true  riches." 
le  noblest  objects,  by 
Examine  thyself,  and 

of  life. '  '■ 

travelling  abroad  and 
id  the  labors  of  men ; 

0  a  part  to  ramble  in  { 
brmerly  known  in  old 
raiUroad  cars  and  the 

and  the  packeU ;  the 
ocks  and  gulpha ;  the 

1  not  aeen  in  England ; 
sh  probably  cannot  be 
Id  besides — to  see  the 
in  all  its  beauty ;  the 
beautiful  laodaoapoof 
id  lake ;  the  different 
ouse  sufficient  to  hold 
ge  in  the  shady  grove, 
tizen  to  the  temponlry 
r  side — to  see  ail  thes* 
Bcatiou  to  the  curioua 
in  occasional  solitude 
tie  of  life.   Come  away 

of  roftoction—- a  place 

walks  of  men,  where 

)tf  and  give  free  scope 

lost  interesting  import. 

y  examine  himself,  and 
'  bore  to  heaven ;  and 
wing  the  transactions 
confess  his  sins,  weep 
for  future  amendment. 
It.  to  the  painful  emo» 


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tions  of  a  burdened  conscience,  smile  his  breast  and  pray 
aloud.  As  a  professor,  he  can  consult  the  oracles  of  divine 
truth,  oonverst)  as  it  were  with  the  ancient  patrifirch%  study 
tha  will  of  Qod,  and  learo  bow  to  llnd  his  way  to  heaven. 
And  there  he  can  wrestle  with  the  Uod  of  Jacob,  seek  for  a 
de«per  work  of  grace,  and  endeavor  to  lay  faster  hold  of 
eternal  life.  And  do  you  deapisa  sol.'tude,  reader  ?  Can 
you  take  :m>  pleasure  in  retirement — see  no  advantages  or 
blessings  hat  may  be  derived  therefrom  7  Would  you  will, 
ingly  sacrufioQ  the  retirement  of  the  closet  for  perpetual  com* 
pany,  and  prefer  the  dissipatmn  and  spirit  of  the  world  to  a 
serious  mind  and  a  retired  situation  T  Do  you  fur^et  that 
you  ntust  (iio  aluue,  or  Thai  no  one  can  accompany  yoa 
through  llie  vulluy  and  shudow  of  death,  and  that  nflcoiion 
ia  necessary  lO  prepare  and  fortify  you  for  so  awful  an  event  t 
SupiKMing  you  are  called  to  transact  business  in  the  city,  yet 
how  neossaary  is  CKWasionul  retirement! — a  few  roiuutes 
twice  or  thrice  a  day — a  longer  time  at  some  more  distant 

t'eriod!  Are  you  a  professing  character?  If  so,  can  you 
eep  your  soul  alive  witiiout  itf  Public  means  are  good, 
but  private  devotion  is  of  vast  importance.  Wherefore, 
"  wljon  thou  prayest,  enter  into  ihy  closet,  and  when  thou 
hast  shut  thy  door,  pray  to  thy  Father  which  is  in  secret,  and 
thy  Father  which  seeth  in  secrut  shall  reward  thoe  openly." 
Matt.  vi.  6.  It  is  in  retirument  that  we  obtain  grace  to 
qualify  us  to  go  abroad ;  and  no  man,  says  Kempia,  is  pre* 
pared  to  go  aoroad  but  he  who  is  willing  to  stay  at  home. 
There  we  can  arm  ourselves  againjit  the  temptations  of  the 
world,  the  allurements  of  the  flesh,  and  the  assaults  of  the 
devil.  And  there  we  ma^  enjoy  a  peace  which  the  world 
knoweth  nut  of,  find  an  intercourse  with  hisavon,  and  hold 
oommuoion  with  the  Fatlier  of  the  spirits  of  all  iSeali. 

Retirement,  to  professing  christians,  is  an  important  duty 
and  as  such  it  is  essential  to  their  present  and  future  bappi- 
Bess.  It  is  bjr  rotircmont  and  prayer,  under  the  influence  of 
the  Holy  Spirit,  that  the  spiritual  life  is  sustained ;  and  hence, 
to  live  without  it,  the  soul  must  necessarily  be  starved,  and 
religion  in  process  of  time  will  die  away,  fiut  it  is  not  im* 
proper  to  say  that  retirement  is  a  natural  consequence  of  hav 
mg  religion  implanted  within  us.  As  soon  as  a  child  is 
born  into  the'Vorid,  it  fuels  its  wonu  and  stands  in  need  of 
support;  and  the  new>born  soul,  in  like  manner,  wants  the 
sincere  milk  of  tlie  word  in  the  same  proportion ;  the  Spirit 
of  Christ  and  the  spirit  of  the  world  are  opposed  to  each 
other,  and  cannot  live  together ;  and  hence  it  is  natural,  as 
occasion  may  require,  to  want  hours  of  retirement.    But  this 

7 


MM 


fl 


yioM  ono 


is  not  abtolutely  and  finally  ao  compulsiva  aa  to  aet  aaide  (h« 
fre«-agency  of  man.  In  like  nwnn«r  have  all  devoted  chria. 
tiana  occaaionalljr  withdrawn  themaelvea  from  the  men  oi 
thia  world.  Thua  Enoch  walked  not  in  (bllowahip  with 
them  ;  Abraham  retired  to  a  diatant  place  to  aacriflce ;  our 
Lord  want  into  a  aoUtary  place,  and  there  prayed ;  and  St. 
John  waa  in  the  Isle  of  Paimoa  when  ho  received  and  wrota 
the  revelationa.  Hence  it  ia  in  retirement,  and  by  witfadrair. 
ing  from  the  world,  that  we  are  made  capable  of  the  moet  in* 
timate  intercourae  with  heaven. 

Away,  then,  reader,  and  retire  for  a  moment  from  theae 
earthly  sconea!  Retire,  O  my  aoul,  from  the  mere  beauties 
of  nature,  and  let  not  the  fruitful  fields,  the  cloud  capt-towera, 
nor  the  extensive  lake,  carry  thee  away  so  far  as  to  eaoae 
thee  to  forget  objects  more  worthy  thy  purauit  Let  not 
travelling  by  land  or  by  water,  or  company,  however  agreea. 
ble,  attract  thy  mind  and  alienate  thy  affections  from  Hira 
who  is  the  fairest  antong  ten  thousand  and  altogether  lovely. 
Buffer  not  a  deaire  to  follow  the  men  of  this  world  in  their 
speculations,  however  flattering  the  prospect  of  gaining  much 
wealth  or  living  for  many  years  upon  the  earth ;  nor  yet  let 
satan  overcome  thy  determination  to  «^evote  thyseli  to  what 
11  of  infinite  importance,  though  he  ibould  show  thee  the  em. 
pirea  of  the  evth  tind  exclaim,  **  All  theae  will  I  give  thee, 
if  thou  wilt  fall  down  and  wcMvhip  me" — let  not  all  these 
things,  I  say,  hinder  thee  from  pursuing  a  nobter  object  m 
■'rivmg  to  find  the  unrrow  path  of  true  wiaduin,  the  humMe 
path  of  the  most  d«.  jut  and  holy  charaeten^  and  the  straight 
and  sancUfied  path  which  leads  the  poor  and  needy  to  ua 
aociety  of  angels  and  their  eteriHl  reward. 

O,  Jesua !  thou'  light  and  Mfo  of  noen,  itek  upon  me,  an  ah* 
ject  creature«  and  empower  me  to  foraake  the  lov<3  of  this 
preaent  wiMrid,  to  live  to  thee  and  thee  alone.  Regard  my 
wants,  and  su|^y  them  out  of  th^  Ailnen,  and  let  imr  happi- 
neaa  consist  in  hokling  oommumon  with  thvaelf.  Thy  pre- 
■ence  constitutes  the  hliss  of  angels :  fat  thy  fiivor  there  is 
fulness  of  joy,  and  «t  thy  right  h^pd  there  are  pleasures  for 
evermore.  Give  me  to  know  thee,  to  love  thee,  and  to  de- 
light  myself  in  thee  tu  my  chief  good.  Didst  Ihoo  not  come 
to  seek  and  to  sav>9  that  which  was  lost?  to  restore  the 
ruined  7  to  extend  mercy  to  the  poorest,  thejMNM  abject  and 
destiti^e  T  Dost  not  thou  bind  up  the  broken  hearted,  and 
proclaim  liberty  to  the  captive  7  Is  not  thy  grace  free  and 
unbounded  to  reach  the  ease  of  the  stranger,  the  widow  and 
fatherleas,  and  those  who  have  none  to  help  them  7  Does 
not  wretchedneM  diallenge  thy  compusion,  and  move  thee 


Hiliivs  M  to  Mt  Mi'Je  th» 

it  have  all  devoted  chri*. 

lelvee  from  the  men  oi 
not  ia  fellowahip  with 
place  to  aacriflce ;  our 

I  tliere  prayed ;  and  St. 

in  ho  received  and  wrote 

ement,  and  by  withdraw. 

e  capable  of  the  moat  io* 

or  a  moment  from  theae 
I,  from  the  mere  beautiea 
ds,  the  cloud  capt-towera, 
away  to  far  aa  to  caoae 
ly  thy  purauit  Let  not 
>mpany,  however  agreea. 
thy  affectiona  from  Him 
nd  and  altogether  lovely. 
«n  of  thia  world  in  their 
proepect  of  gaining  much 
on  the  earth  ;  nor  yet  let 
to  (^evote  thyself  to  what 
ihould  show  thee  the  em. 
Iill  tbeaa  will  I  give  thee^ 

me" — let  not  all  these 
suing  a  nobtsr  object  io 
true  wiadum,  the  humUe 
araeten^  and  the  straisht 
)  poor  and  needy  to  Uw 
teward. 
MO,  Itek  upon  me,  aa  ab. 

ibraake  the  love  of  this 
thee  alone.  Regard  my 
Ulneaa,  and  let  mj  happi- 
I  with  thvaelf.  Thy  pre* 
Is :  fat  thy  fiivor  there  is 
i  there  are  pleasarea  fbr 
,  to  love  thee,  and  to  de> 
lod.  Didat  thoo  not  come 
was  ioat?  to  restore  the 
>reat,  thejnoM  abject  and 
the  broken  hearted,  and 
Is  not  tby  grace  free  and 
I  strancer,  the  widow  and 
ne  to  help  them  T  Does 
npuaion,  and  nove  thee 


TO  I«W  TORI. 


7S 


to  pity  and  administer  comfort  T  Why  hidest  thou  thy  fase 
•J  in  linne  of  trouble  T  There  is  nothing  too  hard  for  thee, 
"  thou  sovereign  Lord  of  all."  Thou  cantt  compel  oven  me, 
a  reluctant  creature,  to  obey  thy  voice.  Spoak,  Lord,  and 
let  thy  servant  hear  thy  word — let  the  whispers  of  thy  grace 
for  the  future  reoiove  ray  deafness,  thy  touch  chaso  away  my 
foul  leprosy,  and  thy  purity  c6n8uroe  my  deiiperate  pollution. 
In  midnight  darkness  let  me  have  thy  smile,  that  sadness  and 
melancholy  may  flee  away ;  and  grant  me  thy  beo>'dictioa 
and  favor  in  the  morning,  that  my  soul  may  live.  O,  thou 
Saviour  of  men,  who  canst  visit  and  redress  (he  wants  of  mil. 
lions  at  one  and  the  same  time,  visit  me  jo  this  solitary  apart, 
nient,  and  thy  presence  shall  not  only  cause  darkness  to 
hide  itself,  but  sorrow  and  sighing  also  shall  flee  away. 
BochetUr,  October  18, 1837. 


LETTERS 


TO  A   FIW   rRIKNOa   IN   ENO£AND. 

Mg  Dear  Friendt,— 

Although  writing,  after  a  few  years'  absence,  in  this  man. 
oer  is  attended  with  some  uncertainty,  yet  a  failure  in  the 
case  is  but  of  little  consequence.  If,  then,  these  lima  find 
vou  situated  as  seven  or  tea  years  ago,  may  grace  and  peace 
be  multiplied  unto  you  through  Christ  Jesus ;  and  here  let 

me  ask  the  faver  of an  intereat  in  your  prayers.     You 

will,  however,  be  surprised,  probably,  at  receiving  a  letter 
from  so  distant  a  person,  and  from  (shall  I  aay  T)  so  wild  a 
country;  a  country  but  lightly  esteemed  by  many  people  in 
England,  but  which  our  American  friends  frequently  speak 
of  as  the  ^lory  of  ail  lands.  Indeed,  it  is  not  too  much  to 
e«y,  (and  it  becomes  the  most  happy  people  to  speak  modest, 
ly)  that  there  are  manv  giacious  and  providential  blvssinga 
here,  inasmuch  as  it  belongs  to  Him  v»ho  claime  as  his  right 
not  only  the  earth  but  the  he^ivens— who  is  King  of  Kings 
and  Lord  of  Lords,  and  who  at  first  laid  the  foundation  of  the 
earth;  by  whose  authority  kings  have  reigned  and  princes  de. 
«r«ed  justice  in  Europe  and  who,  while  Je  claims  the  largest 


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urmis. 


ompirea  m  h.a  proMrtr,  reco^rniira  aven  America  a?»o  at  n 
part  of  h«  f'wtatoo).  It  may  also  be  further  said,  ihot  then 
ftrm  mnsiy  peopifl  of  large  tV.  tunoa  from  Groat  Britaio,  who 
Oliiiiur  we-o  peonla  of  good  ,*^roperty  when  lh»j  came  over, 
or  have  boeome  rich  lince  th«ir  arrival ;  that  thouitanda  of 
others  have  had  cauM)  to  bo  thankful  that  there  was  .^lich  p 
country  aa  America  to  como.to,  a»d  thnt  must  people  o« 
health,  industry,  economy,  a  tderable  geniua,  and  good  cal- 
oulationa,  can  generally,  with  the  bt^sing  of  God,  obtain  the 
comforta  of  life,  and  in  tho  long  run,  give  aomethingtu  their 
children.  The  sun  ahinea  a>  warmly  in  Americi  aainSng* 
land,  and  the  earth  hitherto  has  brought  Torth  her  increase ; 
and  our  American  friends  seem  to  rejoice,  not  only  that  they 
are  under  the  aumo  kind  provitience  which  aflbnls  tliem  all 
thinga  richly  to  enjoy,  but  thtit  the  aanM  Almighty  B<*ing 
*'at  whoae  command  natiuus  and  empires  riae  and  fall,"  iu 
all  ages — that  Ho,  I  would  tay,  has  givi-n  >  lem  am  )re  happy 
constitution  than  other  natirms,  and  ealnbl'iihed  it  upi>  aa  atire 
a  baae — whether  this  is  ao  .  .  uot  1  cannot  tell. 

But  whatever  advantage  it  hoa  been  to  anroe  |>eopi<4,  or 
dtsr^dvantage  to  oihera,  to  emigrate  to  America,  it  has  not 
iKien  a  practice  with  me  to  pt^uode  or  dissuade  any  from 
coming  over.  By  no  moans.  I  aaw  a  difficulty  in  saying 
much  uimn  the  aubject  from  (he  bet^inning,  and  I  still  see  it. 
For,  conaidoring  the  impossibility  <  i  giving  people  in  Eng- 
land  a  clear  conception  of  the  country;  the  different  taatea* 
opiriona,  constitnuona,  and oircumatancea of  men;  a  distant 
cliinttte,  and  the  manners  and  customs  <  **  a  foreign  people ; 
the  location  and  circumstances  aome,  for  .intof  ex))erieiice 
unfortunately  dropt  into;  ?ho  ingral  tude  of  othc  m  ^^ho  will 
find  i%j|t  with  many  things,  even  when  they  are  w  li  off,  if 
they  could  but  think  so ;  and  taking  into  consideration  attach- 
oienu  formed  in  youil>.  or  great  eipectHtjoia  occasioned  by 
injudicious  accounts  sent  from  America,  make  many  dioaati*. 
ficd  upott  trial,  and  wish  themselves  back,  for  my  part,  I 
have  seen  traits  in  the  character  of  tho  Americana  whieb  I 
much  esteem,  and  am  sensible  of  aJvaatages  i  nany  people 
unprovided  for  not  found  in  Europe- 

But  it  U  not  my  intention  to  give  any  njinute  or  particular 
account  of  the  country,  it  being  rasher  an  act  of  friendship  to 
a  iendly  people  :  a  kinder  peo|>l<  I  nev  i  m'td  that  t  either 
found  orwantod  to  find  on  earth.  Heac<  i  sfiouhl  hope  that 
these  lines  will  find  you  in  health,  and  enjoying  both  peace 
and  prosperity  ;  that  religion  is  ia  a  prosperous  state  among 
you,  and  thai  as  in<' viduals  and  fathers  in  Christ  Jesus,  you 
«ro  growing  in  grac^j  and  the  love  of  God — striving  for  such 


Lsrrsta. 


77 


>n  America  a?M  at  a 
irther  aaid,  ihiit  thora 
m  Groat  Britaio,who 
'\wt\  th«jr  came  over, 
il ;  that  (houManda  of 
hat  there  wa«  ouch  a 
I  timt  inosi  people  ot 
guniua,  and  sood  cal- 
ng  of  God,  obtain  the 
ve  something  tu  their 
n  Amnrici  aainBng- 
It  forth  her  incrua*e ; 
ce,  not  only  that  they 
rhich  aflunlri  them  all 
ime  Almighty  B#ing 
liraa  riae  and  iaii,"  in 
in  inem  am  ore  happy 
bl'shed  it  upi>  <  aa  aure 
mot  tell. 

en  to  aome  peopi<«,  or 
}  Americn,  it  haa  not 
or  diisuade  any  from 
a  difficuliy  in  suying 
ning,  and  I  still  see  it. 
iving  peoplfl  in  Bng- 
^ ;  the  different  taatea* 
ceaof  men.;  a  distant 
I  (  **  a  foreign  people ; 
or  untof  pxj>erieiice, 
ide  of  othttn  who  wili 
JO  they  are  w  il  off,  if 
o  consideration  attach- 
omiir>  )«<  occasioned  by 
1,  make  many  dissatia. 
inrk.  For  my  part,  i 
w  Am«ric%n8  whieh  I 
atages  i    inany  people 

ly  minute  or  particular 
an  aot  of  friendship  to 
Mver  said  that  t  either 
mcf  I  Hhuulil  hope  that 
id  enjoying  both  peace 
rosperous  atate  among 
rs  in  Christ  Jesus,  you 
God-Hstrivtng  for  such 


a  steady  and  uniform  progreaa  in  a  deTot«>d  life  aa  will  make 
the  hoary  head  venerable  in  the  aight  ut  ohiidrrin.  and  sink' 
with  iKjnor  to  the  gmvc<.  I  would  hope,  urUiP- ,  that  the 
principal  supporters  of  the  reiigioua  cause  among  vou  have 
iMon  prospered  and  held  up  to  the  pres«*nt  lime,  and  t>.f(  leave 
to  say,  that  in  years  pant  they  exerted  themselves  to  establish 
and  sup|K)rt  it  with  that  attention  and  (i  iciity  thnt  was  an 
honor  to  them.  But  1  forbear.  Since  I  lavo  l>een  in  thia 
city,  I  have  attended  the  first  and  ol(i<  '  Methodist  chapel  in 
New  Yprk  ;  and  I  like  it  more  especially  on  some  a'  ■  ounia, 
beeauae  it  is  in  an  old  atyle  not  known  in  England,  nor  in 
I  lany  other  chapels  in  America  Twu  of  its  peculiarities  I 
ahall  mention,  are:  First,  the  seata  are  n\t  free,  to  the 
•trUfarM  wt  il  as  to  the  citizen,  and  to  the  poor  as  well  aa 
the  rioh ;  and  therefore  the  latter  must  not  say,  •'Stand  by,  or 
ait  ye  here  under  mv  footatool,"  dtct  Secondly,  the  singing 
is  led  by  a  few  male  and  female  voir^  which,  whm  well 
conducted  in  any  place,  make  an  harmony  not  equalled  by 
anyrhoir  <viih  instrumental  music  upon  earth. 

The  principal  objections,  perhaps,  mmiy  Rngli«'imen  have 
to  America,  ariae:  First,  from  the  country  being  not  natural 
to  them;  anr'  t  takes conaiderable  (ime for  it  to  become  ao^ 
either  ••  *  -•  uiu  climate  or  the  customs  of  the  people.  Sec- 
or>  fly,  ma  ly  are  obliged  to  find  out  *oma  new  occuptition,  or 
th«-  canno<  follow  tiwt  which  hey  bave  aa  they  u»ed  tu  do. 
Had  it  not  been  for  writing,  i  should  have  been  under  far 
greater  difficulties  ,  but,  by  the  blessing  of  God,  at  length  I 
wrote  and  publi8h«d  three  new  pubiiea''ona,  and  aold  them, 
which  1  couki  not  have  done  in  Englan  This  gave  me  ae- 
<MMM  to  hundrada  of  iamiliea,  and  baa  at  "n  ,  the  spirit  and 
manuera  ofapeopleas  dauiMtba  W(  na)  .the  forester 
the  huabandman  in  the  aM ;  who,  in  oiany  ioaiance!^,  seemed 
to  live  in  *'ootlafMPof  contentment,"  not  only  sweet  and 
clean  in  the  Mghnl  (^^ree,  bu^  whose  habitations  abounded 
with  richea  and  the  comfort*  of  life  m  accommodating  to  a 
a  anger  aa  pahusea  could  be  I  iiave,  however,  for  want  of 
that  tjlar  way  of  jiv  .;  Bceeasary  for  nie,  so  broken  my- 
a^f  down  that  I  knc  w  not  wh4tber  1  can  leave  thia  cuf  or 
neighborhood  any  more. 

But,  is  any  apok^  neceasary  for  writing  to  you  at  thia 
period  in  this  unezpedwd  manner!  I;  so,  I  hope  you  will 
accept  of  a  naariner**  apology,  who  unfortunately  put  to  aea 
in  a ».  orm'  day,  and  could  nnt  get  to  land  till  tho  storm  waa 
over.  But,  Ueaaed  be  God,  hat  trie  earth,  the  sea,  nor  the 
beaats  of  Uie  foreata,  nave  as  et  awaUowed  me  up,  nor  done 
ate  any  injury. 


■IWM 


ami 


79 


tlTTSM, 


In  conclusion,  I  commend  tnyuAf  to  your  prayert,  Wi  h 
my  boot  wiahuM  fxr  your  pn-Mint  and  futuru  hup|iuu-«t ;  r  <• 
turiimif  nlao  my  tlianka  for  favuri  r«H:oive<),  and  liuping  that 
you  will  buar  wnh  any  iltiuK  I  have  written. , 

I  liiall  bo  glad  to  linttr  rrtim  you,  if  o^re'-able  and  conTa< 
nienl,  and  pre-ent  wy  rmpt'Oia  to  Mra.  •♦•♦♦*♦,  Mn.  ♦••♦•♦, 
and  Mra.  ♦♦♦♦'♦.  ifatiH  livmg. 

Wiithing  pouct  and  proaiwrity  to  all  christian  frioadtiu  th« 
•amo  iidghburhool,  I  linsu-n  to  subscribe  myself, 
Yours,  atTectionately,  iic, 

New  York,  April  20,  1830.  John  Evm. 


LETTER   II. — TO   MRS.   O— — 
On  the  Power  of  Fallk  utd  Prayer. 

madam  —  • 

(laving  read  the  lives  of  some  eminently  pious  men,  and 
observed  with  admiration  the  eiTects  of  their  faith  imd  prayer, 
permit  me  to  give  you  the  following,  which  I  copiei^  frc^n  « 
periodical  publication,  many  years  aj(o.     It  is  as  follows : 

*•  Not  long  afler  Mr.  VVintor's coming  inio  Ir'sland,  h€i  went 
to  Kilkenny,  in  which  place  ColontI  Jones's  wife  bocariKj  ea« 
ooodingly  ill  :  her  husband  invited  certain  ministers  and  other 
friends  to  apend  some  hours  in  prayer  into  God  in  ixsr  be- 
hair,  and  Mr.  Winter  was  the  last  man  that  prayed.  But  be- 
fore ha  began,  he  went  to  her  and  asked  b«r  whether  she  had 
faith*  to  be  healed  T  She  answered,  sha thought  she  had. 
Then  ha  went  to  prayer,  and  wrettled  uceedingiy  with  God 
for  her  recovery  ;  and  when  he  had  done,  ho  wont  again  to 
her,  ar.d  advised  her  to  be  very  careful  i«i  the  use  ot  all  good' 
means  for  the  recovery  of  her  health,  adding  that  she  sliould 
live  and  not  die  at  that  time.  After  ibis,  she  continued  very 
weak  lor  a  month  or  more ;  her  doctors  gave  her  up.:;  Mr. 
Wiqler  was  sent  for  to  see  her  before  she  died.  She  lay 
■peechless,  and  without  the  use  of  her  senses,  not  answering, 
nor  moving  her  eyes,  hough  her  husband  and  Mr.  Winter 
oalled  unto  her;  whereupon  her  husband  judged  sho  had 
lost  h«r  hearing.  Mr.  Winter  requetKed  that  he  migh«  pray 
with  her;  but  her  husband  refused,  saying  that  she  was  wnse. 
kss,  and  had  \  en  dying  all  tlie  morniog :  Mr.  Winter  urged 
•gain  that  he  might  pray  with  her ;  no  (said  the  Colonel)  it 
is  to  no  purpose  ;  she  is  now  a  dead  woman :  yat  Mr.  Winter 
urged  the  tnird  time  that  he  might  pray,  saying  her  lile  is  y(t4 


)  your  prayen,  w,  h 
future  hur|>in*!M  ;  r  »• 
3tve<i,  and  liopirig  that 
■ittf  n. , 

agreeable  and  conva« 
•♦♦♦♦*♦,  Mrt.  ••••••, 


chriatian  friends  in  th« 
ibe  mya«ir, 


dtC.i 


John  Evbk. 


nil  Prayer* 

nently  pioua  men,  and 
their  faith  imd  prayer, 
which  I  copiei'  from  c 
).     It  ia  aa  ibllowa  i 
g;  into  Ir'tland,  h«  went 
liiea'a  wilb  booanw  ei- 
ain  iiiinistera  and  other 
ir  unto  God  in  \vit  \xf 
1  that  prayed.     But  be- 
ad ber  whether  she  had 
,  ah*  thought  she  had. 
I  ftxceedingiy  with  God 
done,  ho  wnnt  again  to 
I  m  the  uao  ot  all  good' 
adding  that  aho  should 
lia,  ahe  continued  very 
tors  gave  her  up  ^;  Mr. 
re  sho  died,     aha  lay 
aensee,  not  answering, 
jsband  and  Mr.  Winter 
isband  judged  sho  had 
ited  that  he  migb*  pray 
fing  that  the  was  <ien8e< 
ling :  Mr.  Winter  urged 
30  (aaid  the  Colonel)  it 
Oman :  yet  Mr.  Winter 
y,  saying  her  lite  is  y^^ 


LETTCis.  fp< 

in  her ;  and  whilst  there  is  lifM  there  is  hope ;  and  lie  went 
to  prayer,  which  \\n  p«<rforiiicd  with  much  earnestness  and 
imporluoity,  joined  with  many  tours.  When  priiy<r  was 
ended,  Mr.  \Vinlcr  going  to  hor  beJiiide,  sho  looked  upon 
him,  and  said  :  Oh,  ««o  the  fruit  of  prayer !  Oh,  see  the  fruit 
of  prayer  !  Sot  me  op,  and  give  nio  something  to  oat :  I 
nm  cured,  hut  not  by  the  art  of  doctors  ;  only  froo  Kince  and 
for»eiit  prayers  hnv«  prevailed  with  God  for  me.  They  ihoa 
gave  hor  somo  food,  which  sho  ate.  I  lor  husband  sent  for 
her  doctors  i  but  slie  bade  them  not  provide  any  more  phy- 
sic for  her,  saying  that  she  would  take  none  ;  for  she  would 
not  disiionor  God  nor  wrong  prayer  so  much  (by  which  she 
waj  now  cured)  as  to  take  any  more  physic  :  nor  would  »he 
by  any  means  be  persuado^i  to  it{  "the prayer  of  faith  shall 
sav    ilie  sick." 

VV  hilst  Mr.  Winter  was  in  Dublin,  Mrs.  Winter's  Hiater'i 
husband  bemg  upon  business  in  London,  he  fell  very  danger- 
oualy  sicJi,  and  his  physicians  aAer  a  time  gave  him  up. 
Another  of  Mrs.  Wintor'niittors  wrote  her  word  of  it,  adding 
that  she  believed  that  before  that  letter  could  come  to  hand 
he  would  bo  dead  and  buried.  As  soon  as  they  receiyed  it, 
his  wife  desired  that  that  afternoon  might  be  set  apart  to  seek 
God  in  her  huHband's  behalf;  and  accordingly,  some  minisirra 
and  christians  were  Invited  (o  meet  togeiher  for  that  end. 
When  the  time  waa  come,  Mrs.  Winter  requested  her  hus. 
ban  I  to  come  away,  for  that  the  company  wore  met  together : 
he  bade  her  go  before  ;  for  he  must  endeavor  to  know  of  the 
Lord  whether  he  waa  yet  living  or  not ;  for  (said  he)  do  you 
think  that  I  will  pray  for  a  dead  man  7  When  some  of  the 
ministers  had  prayed,  Dr.  Winter  came  in.  They  prayed 
with  submission,  that  if  he  wore  yet  in  the  land  of  the  living, 
the  Lord  would  be  pleased  to  be  his  physician,  and  to  direct 
and  bless  all  good  means  to  him  for  the  recovery  of  his  health. 
But  in  the  close  of  the  day,  wlien  Dr.  Winter  came  to  pray, 
'  he  *showed  much  confidence  that  bo  was  yet  alive,  to  the 
amazement  of  all  that  heard  him ;  and  when  he  had  con- 
cluded and  was  risen  from  his  knees,  ho  went  to  his  sister-in- 
law,  and  took  her  by  the  hand,  sayiiig,  «  Be  of  good  com- 
fort,  for  your  hosband  is  alive  and  shall  recover,  and  you 
shall  aee  him  again  with  joy.'  She  said.  Ah !  brother,  I  fear 
he  ia  dead  :  do  you  think  he  is  alive  T  •  I  know  (said  he)  that 
he  is  alive,'  and  repeated  over  his  fomter  words  again  ;  and 
eccordingly,  in  their  next  lettera,  they  heard  of  his  recovery. 
•  All  things  are  possible  to  him  that  beliereth.' " 

Th«  last  time  that  the  soldiers  pulled  the  Parliament  in 
piecM,  Dr.  Winter  and  his  frieoda  in  Dublin  were  in  great 


ggr  tETTERS. 

fean  of  the  confusions  that  were  likely  to  follow ;  whereupon 
lie  kept  weekly  fasts  with  his  congregation  for  a  great  while 
together;  and  one  time,  as  he  was  praying  in  imitation  of 
Abraham's  praying  for  Sodom,  he  used  like  expressions : 
Lord,  wilt  thou  also  destroy  the  righteous  with  the  wicked? 
Peradventure  there  be  fifty  thousand  rightdous  within  these 
three  kingdoms  ;  wilt  thou  also  destroy  and  not  spare  these 
nations  for  fifty  thousand  righteous  that  aro  therein  1     And 
when  he  came  to  the  last  number  of  ten  thousand,  as  he 
kneeled  against  a  post  in  the  room,  he  saw  a  great  shining 
light  about  him,  and  heard  perfectly  a  voice  saying,  •  The 
nations  shall  be  spared  for  ten  thousand  righteous  persons' 
lake.'     Upon  this  gracious  answer,  he  turned  his  prayer  into 
prhisesand  thanksgivings  unto  God  for  this  speedy  return  to 
his  earnest  request,  insomuch  that  all  the  company  could  not 
bin  take  notice  of  it,  though  none  of  them  heard  the  voice  but 
himself  only.     Dr.  Winter  -ifierwards  told  his  wife  that  a 
voice  might  be  spoken  to  one  in  a  room  wiiere  many  were, 
and  yet  none  else  might  hear  it.     And  when  he  lay  upon 
his  death-bed,  his  wife  asked  him  again bbout  it;  and  hestiki 
that  he  did  as  certainly  and  plainly  bear  it  as  be  heard  her 
then  speak.    She  asked  if  the  voice  were  like  unto  hers? 
No,  (said  he)  it  was  another  manner  of  voice.    Thus  we 
read.  Acts  xxii.  9 :  'That  the  met  whkjh  went  with  Saul  to 
Damascus,  saw  indeed  the  light,  and  were  afraid,  but  heard 
not  tho  vokse  that  spake  to  him.' " 

Yours,  &0.,  '  J.  B. 


USTTBR  UI. 


New  York,  April  20, 1889. 

Deae  Sib,— 

How  true  it  is  that  all  men  have  their  trials,  and  that 
there  is  no  place  or  situation  secure  from  temptation  on  earth. 
Hence,  one  is  tried  with  poverty,  another^is  unfortunate,  a 
third  loses  his  family,  and  a  fourth  has  perpetual  affliction. 
But  there  are  some  troubles  which  are  quite  out  of  our 
power,  either  to  cause  or  control,  and  some  others  which  we 
VMY  cause  or  bring  upon  ourselves. 

Earthquakes,  as  shocking  and  destructive  as  they  are,  yet 
they  are  not  in  the  power  of  man  to  cause  them — prevent  or 
esci^w  them :  and  shipwrecks  will  sometimes  ha,i)pen,  not- 
witbataadiog  the  iAiHl  and  atter.awi  of  the  mariner.    FirM  are 


rollow;  whereupon 
3n  for  a  great  while 
^ing  in  imitation  of 
ed  like  expressions : 
IS  with  the  wicked  ? 
ghidous  within  these 
and  not  spare  these 
are  therein  7     And 
m  thousand,  as  he 
saw  a  great  shining 
voice  saying,  'The 
d  righteous  persons' 
irned  his  prayer  into 
this  speedy  return  to 
e  company  could  not 
n  heard  the  voice  but 
I  told  his  wife  that  a 
n  wiiere  many  were, 
d  when  he  lay  upon 
bbout  it;  and  hesiikl 
It  it  as  he  heard  her 
were  like  unto  hers? 
of  voice.    Thus  wo 
ch  went  with  Saul  to 
3r«  afraid,  but  heard 

J.  E. 


rk,  April  20, 1699. 

B  their  trials,  and  that 
n  temptation  on  earUi. 
ther^is  unfortunate,  a 
as  perpetual  affliction, 
are  quite  out  of  our 
some  others  which  we 

iictive  as  they  are,  yet 
luse  them — prevent  or 
metimes  ha,i>peD,  not. 
le  nMiiner.    Fitm  are 


LBTTEBS. 


81 


sometimes  as  destructive  to  property,  distressing  to  families, 
and  equally  fatal  to  some  individuals;  but  these  may  be 
brought  into  the  city  by  carelessness  or  wicked  men,  whi'e 
others  by  their  prudence  prevent  them.  Lodged  <n  the  upper- 
most rooms  in  houses,  oeople  are  sometimes  unwarily  sur- 
roundod  with  flames,  and  obliged  so  to  hurry  out  at  the  win- 
dows as  to  break  their  bones,  probably,  or  kill  thomsolves 
on  tl^e  spot.  Hence,  it  is  on  this  and  other  accounts  a  grio. 
vouj  thing  to  think  of,  that  there  are  so  many  fires  in  the 
country.  Alas !  what  a  number  happened  in  the  city  in  the 
•pace  of  a  few  weeks  before  I  left  you,  and  the  innumerable 
multitude  within  a  few  years  in  the  country.  What  ntillions 
of  dollars  in  property  havo  been  lost  by  these  shocking  disas- 
ters within  these  ten  years  last  past.* 

In  addition  to  the  number  I  witnessed  before  I  lefl  you,  I 
was  surprised  to  hear  of  the  more  terrible  one  so  soon  after, 
and  that  its  calamitous  effects  among  so  many  others,  iu 
some  measure' fell  on  you  also.  It  was  said  that  fifly  families 
were  distressed  by  this  racing  fire !  I  should  hope,  however, 
that  you  will  bear  -all  things  with  patience,  and  that  finally 
they  will  work  for  good  to  all. 

.  But,  permit  me  to  ask,  what  can  be  the  cause  of  all  these 
calamitous  events  7  Are  thcv  remediless  Y  Are  any  of  ihem 
occasion3d  purposely  or  cart'lessly  ?  Or  are  they  the  effects 
of  using  stoves,  burning  wood,  &c.?  I  might  estimate  them 
at  five  or  ten  times  as  many,  according  to  the  population,  as 
when  I  was  in  London  upwards  of  twenty  years  ago.  When 
I  was  in  Connecticut,  there  were  some  hints  or  city  rules 
printed,  as  I  should  suppose,  by  the  corfwration  at  , 

to  caution  people,  in  order  to  prevent  such  evils— have  these 
or  any  other  been  printed,  studied,  and  strinctly  observed  in 
your  city?  If  not,  will  no  one  ^ike  this  worthy  work  of  the 
philanthropist  into  consideration,  and  see  if  these  evils  cannot 
bo  prevented? 

I  am  glad  that  you  take  an  active  part  among  the  firemen, 
and  am  ready  to  give  you  thanks  for  your  services  aud  dex- 
terity ;  but  there  were  some  things  before  I  left  which  I  could 
neither  admire  nor  understand.  Sometimes  t.here  was  a  false 
alarm  given,  and  people  would  soon  convey  it  through  the 
city.  When  such  an  alarm  was  given,  many  people  perhaps 
took  a  pleasure  in  hallooing  like  madmen,  though  it  inighl  be 

*  The  tablet  on  Pearl  Street  Hooee,  in  New  York,  states  that  in  the 
conflagration  on  the  16ih  and  17th  of  December,  1835,  six  hundred  and 
fifty  buildings  Containing  merchcndiie,  were  consumed  in  one  eight.— > 
Loss,  twenty  millions  of  dollars.  ■ 


83 


iirrsss. 


M  nolaome  to  the  afflicted  u  it  was  preaumptuoua  and  Tooli^h 
in  themselvei.  On  such  an  oceasion,  a  person  at  the  board* 
ing  house  observed  that  the  men  were  out  with  their  engine 
in  an  instant  or  time.  But  ir  this  was  the  Tact,  who  could  first 
give  rise  to  the  alarm  but  themselves  ?  And-ir  they  are  vain 
enough  to  do  Ithis,  is  there  no  danger  of  their  being  foolish 
enough  to  set  the  city  on  fire  on  purpose  to  quench  it?  A 
little  time  previous  to  my  leaving  the  city,  there  was  a  large 
flag  hoisted  -  a  memorial  to  (he  merits  of  number  nine,  and 
this  WHS  raistu  above  the  buildings,  with  the  figure  largs 
enough  to  attract  the  notice  of  all  passing  by,  though  at  a 
considerable  distance.  At  the  engine  house  there  was  a 
sort  of  printed  board,  or  placard,  exhibited  with  a  boasting 
eulogizing  inscription  in  commendation  of  this  number.  But 
if  people  make  their  boast  on  such  a  serious  occasion  as  this, 
and  a  fire  unfortunately  breaks  out  which  they  cannot  con- 
trol, as  above  mentioned,  such  an  event  should  be  remen^ 
bered  by  them  as  a  chastisement  of  their  folly,  and  may  justly 
be  recok-ded  to  their  dishonor  raUier  than  their  glory !  Pare- 
well.  Let  us  henceforth  pray  that  we  may  be  protected  from 
luch  evils,  and  that  no  plague  may  come  near  our  dwellings. 
Youis,  afil-cticnately,  J.  B. 


JT  i.KTTEE  IT. 

Madam,— Did  you  say  that  religion  does  not  coneist  lafortih 
thai  is,  in  any  outward'  act  of  duty  ?  If  so,  permit  me  to  tell 
you  that  I  know  it  does  nut,  exclusively  ;  and  yeiform,  as 
you  call  it,  is  so  great  a  part  of  religion,  that  it  cannot  exist 
''^  without  it.  To  r^ect  the  form,  therefore,  is  to  reject  and  caa< 
off  religion.  Doe^  it  not  consist  in  fearing  God  and  working 
righteousness,  or  in  loving  God  and  serving  him  ?  And  haa 
not  God  instituted  means  for  that  purpose?  If  so,  how  will 
you  serve  God  without  those  means,  or  work  righteousness 
without  any  form  or  outward  appearance  of  it  7  The  poor 
leper  who  was  cleansed,  roturned  and  with  a  loud  vcice  gave 
glory  to  God,ar.d  by  sodoiog  his  faith  and  love  were  accepted, 
eatabiidhed,  and  per'ected.  But  was  there  no  form  in  this  7 
Wsll,  if  acknowledgment  was  right  and  necessary  in  this 
particular,  it  is  so  in  every  thing  else.  Our  Lord  says, 
•'  Whosoever,  therefore,  shall  confess  me  before  men,  him 
will  I  confess  also  before  my  Father  which  is  in  heaven ;  but 
whosoever  shall  deny  me  before  men,  him  will  I  also  deny  be. 
^r«  myFailier  which  is  iu  heaven."  Matt.  x.  32,  38.  Now, 


UTTllf. 


ei 


lumptuoiM  and  Tooluh 
,  person  at  the  board* 
)ut  with  their  engine 
a  fact,  who  could  first 

And-if  they  are  vain 
>f  their  being  roolish 
oe  to  quench  it  7  A 
ity,  there  was  a  large 

of  number  nine,  and 
^(th  the  figure  larg« 
sing  by,  though  at  a 
e  house  there  was  a 
ibited  with  a  boasting 
of  this  number.  But 
rious  occasion  as  this, 
lich  they  cannot  con* 
at  should  be  remem* 
r  folly,  and  may  justly 
n  their  glory !  Pare- 
nfly  be  protected  from 
te  near  our  dwellings. 
J.  E. 


>eB  not  coiUMt  mfamh 
f  so,  permit  me  to  tell 
(ly ;  and  yet  form,  as 
90,  that  it  cannut  exist 
re,  is  to  reject  and  caa^ 
rii^  God  and  working 
rving  him  ?  And  has 
pose?  If  so,  how  will 
or  work  righteousness 
Qce  of  it  7  The  poor 
with  a  loud  vcice  gave 
ad  lore  were  accepted, 
:here  no  form  in  this  t 
and  necessary  in  this 
Ise.  Our  Lord  says, 
i  roe  before  men,  him 
hich  is  in  heaven  -,  but 
)im  will  I  also  deny  be^ 
Mlatt.  X.  32,  38.  Now, 


without  a  form,  a  person  cannot  confess  Christ  in  any  sapse 
whatever.  Htonce,  I  take  it  for  granted  that  religion  cannot 
etist  without  a/orin,  and  that  the  form — the  outward  signs, 
ceremonies,  &c.,  with  the  spirit  that  actuates  them,  when 
united  together,  rnake  up  the  whole  ccnpnct  of  religion,  and 
that  to  take  away  any  one  part  is  to  vioiate  the  whole. 

But  what  you  seemed  to  contend  for  was,  that  religion  did 
not  consist,  either  in  whole  or'in  part,  in  wearing  plain  appa* 
lel,  that  &  person  might  bo  as  humble  in  fine  cTuthing  as  in 
a  plain  dress,  un9  that  it  wa«  an  indifferent  thing  as  to  what 
they  wore,  &c.  Bdl  this  is  absolutely  wron^ ;  for  if  religion 
consists  in  loving  (xcd  and  keeping  his  commandments — if 
the  spirit  and  customt^  of  the  world  are  in  direct  opposition 
to  the  spirit  and  simplicity  of  the  gospel — if  God  has  de- 
nounced against  jewels,  trinkets,  finery,  as  the  foppery  of 
idolaters,  and  recommended  plain  apparel  by  precept  and  ex- 
ample to  his  followers — and  if  he  has  shown  ua  the  opposite 
if  what  we  should  wear  by  cblling  it  the  harlot's  attire,  then 
we  aannot  folluiv  the  fashions  of  the  world  and  be  chr jstiana 
any  more  than,  we  can  follow  them  in  other  works  and  be 
such !  Religion  doet  not  consitt  in  a  form,  did  you  say  ? 
•  What  do  you  call  going  to  church,  using  family  devotion, 
asking  a  blessing,  and  returning  thanks,  when  taken  in  the 
ibstract,  but  a  form  i  and  yet  they  are  so  much  of  religion 
that  we  cannot  have  one  without  the  other.  Some  people 
talk*  as  if  a  peraoc  might  keep  religion  to  himself,  without 
making  any  apparent  profession  whatever,  Wtlereas  this 
would  be  to  deny  Christ  and  renounce  it  But  with  regard 
to  dress,  as  you  mentioned  it,  let  us  look  at  it  and  examine 
it.  God  has  not  overlooked  it,  and  should  we  pass  over  it  ? 
Hence,  let  me  tell  you,  that  so  far  as  thinkiiw  it  an  indifferent, 
thing,  I  kwk  upon  it  as  important  in  its  puce  as  any  thiuf^ 
else.  We  say  you  honor  God  by  repenting,  believing,  obey* 
ing  his  wJrd,  Ste.,  but  you  dishonor  him  by  impenitence^  un* 
belier.  disobedience,  &c.  Again,  you, honor  God  by  the 
fruiU  of  ycur- faith— your  seriousness,  conversation,  plain 
apparel,  &&,  but  you  dishonor  him  by  ^our  lightness,  your 
vau  discourse,  and  vour  unchristian-like  dress.  And  do 
you  suppose  these  things  mtat  be  evidences  either  for  or 
against  you  as  well  as  oth*  words  and  actions?  Hence,  I 
conclude  that  religion,  in  ipart,  couists  in  wearing  plain  ap. 
parel,  contrary  to  your  objection,i«nd  that  the  people  who 
abide  not  by  this  rule,  co  far  deviate  from  it  or  show  their 
deficiency  in  it :  wherefore,  let  me  wish  you  the  whole  spirit 
of  Christianity— the  purity  of  heart  which  lovea  plain,  but 


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halbi  vain  Ihinga— and  a  modest  boldness  which  dares  bo 
singular,  and  Toluntarlly  steps  forwaitl  to  confbnn  itself  to  ^tT^ 
great  paitern  in  one  thing  aa  well  as  another  ;  and.  that  you 
may  uniformly  confess  Christ  in  your  person,  your  actions, 
and  your  general  character. 


Yours,  respectfully, 


J.  E. 


"  Thou  hwt  my  flesh,  thy  hallow'J  shrine, 
DcvotcJ  solely  to  thy  will ; 
Here  let  ih;  light  for  ever  shine : 

This  house  still  let  thy  presence  fill : 
O  Source  o''  Life— live,  dwell,  and  move 
In  mo,  till  all  my  life  be  love  ! 

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"  O  never  in  these  veils  of  shame, 

(Sad  fruiu  of  sin.)  my  glorying  be ! 
Clothe  with  salvation,  through  thy  name, 

My  soul,  and  let  me  put  on  thee. 
Be  living  faith  my  costly  dreui, 
And  my  best  robe  thy  righteoUi^ness. 

"  Send  down  thy  likeness  from  above, 
*   And  let  this  my  adorning  be  : 
Clothe  me  with  wisdom,  patience,  love, 

With  lowliness  and  purity  : 
Than  gold  and  pearls  more  precious  far. 
And  brighter  than  the  mornmg  star. 

"Lord,  arm  me  with  thy  Spirit's  might, 
Since  I  am  call'd  by  thy  great  name. 
In  theoletall  my  thoughts  unite. 

Of  all  my  works  be   hou  the  aim  : 
Thy  love  attend  me  all  my  days,  , 

And  my  solo  business  be  thy  praise !" 


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